Global Health Governance

Institutional Analysis

ALTERNATIVE AID EFFECTIVENESS FRAMEWORK

 At the global level, leveraging international datasets as well as designing original surveys to collect new quantitative and qualitative data, our lab pioneered a mixed-methods approach to better understanding the complex interaction between global governance institutions and domestic health and social policies. We created a new framework of aid effectiveness, uncovering respective roles and improving the social science basis for policy design, enabling enhanced efficiency and equity in development assistance for health.

Selected Publications

 Baird J, Ma S, Ruger JP. “Effects of the World Bank's Maternal and Child Health Intervention on Indonesia’s Poor: Evaluating the Safe Motherhood Project,” Social Science & Medicine, 2011; 72(12). 

Pallas SW, Nonvignon J, Aikins M, Ruger JP. “Responses to Donor Proliferation in Ghana's Health Sector: A Qualitative Case Study,” Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2015; 93(1): 11-8. 

Pallas SW, Khuat THO, Le QD, Ruger JP. “The Changing Donor Landscape of Health Sector Aid to Vietnam: A Qualitative Case Study,” Social Science & Medicine, 2015; 132: 165-72. 

Pallas SW, Ruger JP. “Does Donor Proliferation in Development Aid for Health Affect Health Service Delivery and Population Health? Cross-Country Regression Analysis from 1995 to 2010,” Health Policy and Planning, 2017; 32(4): 493-503.

Pallas SW, Ruger JP. “Effects of Donor Proliferation in Development Aid for Health on Health Program Performance: A Conceptual Framework,” Social Science & Medicine, 2017; 175: 177-86.