Evaluating Country Performance After Transitioning From Gavi Assistance: An Applied Synthetic Control Analysis

Kolesar, Robert John; Spruk, Rok; Tsheten, Tsheten

doi:10.9745/ghsp-d-22-00536

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“…Gavi’s co-financing model, which has a relatively long history and can be considered successful ( Henderson et al. , 2016 ; Kolesar and Spruk, 2023 ), served as the reference. Annual progress reports were reviewed from 74 Gavi countries to identify common challenges; this was complemented with analysis of co-financing data from 64 FP2030 countries that received Gavi support between 2008 and 2019 ( Gavi—The Vaccine Alliance, 2019 ; Family Planning 2020, 2022 ).…”

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Getting ready for reduced donor dependency: the co-financing of family planning commodities

Jha,

Kolesar,

Comas

et al. 2023

Health Policy and Planning

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Family planning (FP) programmes in low and lower-middle income countries are confronting the dual impact of reduced external donor commitments and stagnant or reduced domestic financing, worsened by economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Co-financing—a donor-government agreement to jointly fund aspects of a programme, with transition towards the government assuming increasing responsibility for total cost—can be a powerful tool to help build national ownership, fiscal sustainability and programme visibility. Using Gavi’s successful co-financing model as reference, the current paper draws out a set of key considerations for developing policies on co-financing of FP commodities in resource-poor settings. Macroeconomic and contextual sensitivities must be incorporated while classifying countries and determining co-financing obligations—using the actual GNI per capita on a scale or sovereign credit ratings, in conjunction with programmatic indicators, may be preferred. It is also important for policies to allow sufficiently long time for countries to transition—dependent on the country context, may be up to 10 years as allowed under the US Agency for International Development FP graduation policy and flexibility to revisit the terms following externalities that can influence the fiscal space for health. Incentivizing new domestic financing to pay for co-financing dues is critical, so as not to displace government funding from related health or social sector programs. Pragmatic ways to ensure country compliance can include engaging both the ministries of health and finance as co-signatories to identify and address known administrative and fiscal challenges; establishing dedicated co-financing account with the finance ministry; and instituting a mutual monitoring mechanism. Lastly, the overall process of policymaking can benefit from an alignment of goals and interests of the key development partners.

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Getting ready for reduced donor dependency: the co-financing of family planning commodities

Jha,

Kolesar,

Comas

et al. 2023

Health Policy and Planning

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Evaluating Country Performance After Transitioning From Gavi Assistance: An Applied Synthetic Control Analysis

Abstract: After transitioning from Gavi support, most countries in this analysis maintained or improved key outcomes compared to expected performance. Transition planning should include assessing risk factors and engaging country actors for post-transition assistance.

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Getting ready for reduced donor dependency: the co-financing of family planning commodities

Getting ready for reduced donor dependency: the co-financing of family planning commodities

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