Towards a more balanced rethinking of performance-based financing

British Medical Journal - Global Health Blog "In a recently published paper in BMJ Global Health, a group of authors (Paul et al) challenged overly optimistic views on performance-based financing (PBF) in the health sector, and its implementation in low- and middle-income countries. While some of the issues they raised are legitimate, the paper paints an overall picture of PBF that does little justice to the reality. (By Maarten Oranje, Cordaid)

At Cordaid, a PBF-implementing NGO mentioned in the paper, we strongly believe in rethinking our way of working to make sure the needs of the most marginalized in this world are being met." (Photo: Mothers Wait with Children to Receive Polio Vaccination/United Nations Photo/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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