Meeting the challenges posed by per diem in development projects in southern countries: a scoping review

Samb, Oumar Mallé; Essombe, Christiane Ndedi; Ridde, Valéry

doi:10.1186/s12992-020-00571-6

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“…Our analysis shows that the relationship between religious denominations and the State is also at a crossroads at the level of frontline and grassroots actors. On the one hand, there are avenues for interfaith and inter-sectoral work, such as the platform set up during the Ebola epidemic -although this will probably need to be reviewed as the resources to support it do not exist, and its activity has probably also been accelerated by generous travel expenses granted to its members, which are the classic pitfall of humanitarian and development aid structures [50]. We explore different avenues for the engagement of faith communities in public health messaging another paper [38] and, therefore, do not dwell on this point.…”

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Conflict, Epidemic And Faith Communities: The Reconfiguration Of Church-State Relations During The Fight Against Covid-19 In North-Eastern DR Congo

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Falisse

Baba

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Background: understanding and improving access to essential services in (post)-conflict settings requires paying particular attention to the actors who occupy the space left ‘empty’ by weak or deficient State institutions. Religious institutions often play a fundamental role among these actors and typically benefit from high trust capital, a rare resource in so-called ‘fragile’ States. While part of the literature has looked at the role faith organisations can play to mobilise and sensitise communities during emergencies, our focus is on a different, essential dimension: the reconfiguration of the relationship between religion and health authorities impelled by health crises.Methods: we analyse observations, interviews, and focus group discussions with 21 leaders from eight different religious categories in Ituri province in 2020-2021.Results: we show how faith institutions handled the Covid-19 lockdown period, notably by using and redeploying structures at the grassroots level but also by responding to health authorities’ call for support. New actors usually not associated with the health system, such as revivalist churches, got involved. The closure of worship places during the lockdown shocked all faith leaders; some saw it as a test of faith while others criticised inconsistent State measures, but, ultimately, most were inclined to follow and support health authorities. Such experience was, however, often one of frustration and feeling unheard. The interviewed religious leaders, especially those whose congregations were not previously involved in healthcare provision, felt that they were doing a favour to the State and the health authorities. Such service is at the level of community-level awareness-raising, but also, crucially, leaders were aware that by publicly committing themselves against Covid-19, they were participating in an effort to depoliticise Covid-19 in a context where the response to past epidemics, especially Ebola, is highly contentious. Conclusions: in the short run, depoliticization may help address health emergencies, but in the longer run and in the absence of a credible space for discussion, it may affect the constructive criticism of health system responses and health system strengthening. The faith leaders’ frustration with the ‘collaboration’ with health authorities (especially for the new actors) also limits its long-term potential.

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Conflict, Epidemic And Faith Communities: The Reconfiguration Of Church-State Relations During The Fight Against Covid-19 In North-Eastern DR Congo

Kangamina

Falisse

Baba

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“…Challenges in implementation have been exacerbated, as is often the case in the development sector, by financial issues involving perdiem and other compensation for volunteers or civil servants are widely known in West Africa (Ridde, 2010 ; Samb et al, 2020 ) and in Senegal in particular (Bodson, 2021 ). It is, therefore, not surprising that they are resurfacing at the time of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic (Ndiaye, 2021 ).…”

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Challenges in Implementing the National Health Response to COVID-19 in Senegal

Ridde

Faye

2022

Glob Implement Res Appl

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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, many epidemiological or anthropological studies have been published. However, few studies have yet been conducted to understand the implementation of State interventions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In Senegal, the national response plan was planned before the country experienced its first official case of COVID-19 on 2 March 2020. This qualitative study, conducted in March and April 2021, based on 189 interviews, aims to understand how the national response has been implemented in several regions of Senegal. Implementation of the response to the pandemic was favoured by good preparation, capacity to adapt, responsiveness of health actors, and commitment for both the political and religious authorities. The implementation response was confronted by several constraining factors such as the coercive approach, the challenges of coordinating actors, and the lack of intersectoral response. The central level has sometimes used reflexivity processes to adapt its response, but it has remained highly politicized, centralized, directive, and with little involvement of civil society. In Senegal, the response to the pandemic has been implemented in a relatively political and directive, even coercive manner, without necessarily considering prior knowledge and the need to adapt it to local contexts and to involve civil society and community actors in the process. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43477-022-00053-4.

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“…Interview with senior AUC staff, 20 June 2019. The Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) (2013) Also, see Samb et al (2020) for the problem of per diem in development. 7.…”

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“…You only get their candid views in private and after assuring them that what they say will not impact on future invitations.” Interview with senior AUC staff, 20 June 2019. The Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) (2013) Also, see Samb et al (2020) for the problem of per diem in development.…”

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Punching above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics

Tieku

2021

Africa Spectrum

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Conventional narratives suggest that the African Union Commission (AUC), like most international public administrations and international organisations (IOs) housed in the less materially endowed regions of the world, exercises no meaningful agency on international issues. This article however seeks to show that the AUC is neither a glorified messenger and docile follower of orders of governments nor is it an empty vessel that timidly goes where the wind of governments blows. Rather, the AUC exercises significant agency on issues that affect not just the African continent but also the broader international system. The AUC is often at the heart of international agenda-setting, norm development, decision-making, rule creation, policy development, and it sometimes offer strategic leadership. The article demonstrates six pathways through which the AUC acts like a tail wagging a dog.

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Meeting the challenges posed by per diem in development projects in southern countries: a scoping review

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

Conflict, Epidemic And Faith Communities: The Reconfiguration Of Church-State Relations During The Fight Against Covid-19 In North-Eastern DR Congo

Conflict, Epidemic And Faith Communities: The Reconfiguration Of Church-State Relations During The Fight Against Covid-19 In North-Eastern DR Congo

Challenges in Implementing the National Health Response to COVID-19 in Senegal

Punching above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics

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