PhD Students - Amy Barnes
Details
email : a.barnes@sheffield.ac.uk
Thesis Title: The delivery and management of aid for health in Zambia (working title)
CASE Partner: Harewelle International
Start Year: 2007
Supervisors
Research Topic
Each year, billions of dollars of aid is provided to the health sector of low income countries. However, there is still considerable debate among donors, health professionals, recipient governments, management experts and various watchdog NGO´s as to the most effective to deliver and manage donor funds for health.
The central question this study seeks to answer is: "How do different mechanisms for delivering and managing aid affect resource use in the health sector?" Given the recognised importance of the country-context in shaping the aid environment, the thesis will focus on the health sector in one particular country – Zambia. In answering the main research question, the thesis will focus on three inter-related themes, around which the specific research questions are based: 1) partnerhsip; 2) ownership and capacity; and 3) sustainability.
Understanding Aid Delivery Mechanisms
1. What mechanisms are available to deliver and manage aid for health?
2. What are the theoretical justifications for the use of particular mechanisms?
3. What mechanisms are used to deliver and manage aid for health in Zambia?
Partnership
4. How do different delivery mechanisms affect partnerhsip between different actors in the Zambian health sector? To what extent do these mechanisms reflect or promote a `partnered´ way of working?
Ownership and Capacity
5. How do different mechanisms support recipients in assuming stronger responsibility and `ownership´ of development for health in Zambia? How do different delivery mechanisms act to help strengthen the institutional and individual capacities and management systems of recipients in Zambia to identify, design, monitor and coordinate their `own´ development for health?
Sustainability
6. What are the prospects for the long-term effectiveness of different mechanisms for delivering aid, in terms of their contribution to sustainable health outcomes in Zambia?
Policy Relevance
7. What lessons can be learnt from the research to contribute to a better understanding of how aid could more effectively be delivered for health in the future?
Keywords
partnership, health aid, development assistance, donor, global health initiatives, Global Fund, budget support, sector-wide approach, ownership
Conference Papers
- Amy Barnes and Garrett Wallace Brown, 'The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Expertise, Accountability and the Depoliticisation of Global Health Governance?'. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, New York, February 15 – 19 2009.
Book Chapters
- (forthcoming) Amy Barnes and Garrett Wallace Brown, 'The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Expertise, Accountability and the Depoliticisation of Global Health Governance?', in Global Health Governance book to be published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Book Reviews
- A Review of Sundstrom, L. 'Funding Civil Society: Foreign Assistance and NGO Development in Russia' in Development Policy Review, Vol.26 (2009) March Issue.
Teaching
- HAR 618 - International Health: Systems and Processes, Masters in Public Health Module, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
Professional Affiliations
- Development Studies Association
- Political Studies Association
- African Studies Association
- Social Research Association
Academic and Professional Training
- Good Clinical Practice and Research Ethics
- Principles of Drug Development
- MA Econ Environment and Development
- BSc Hons Geography
Other Experience
- Imperial College London: Secondment to Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) www.schisto.org; Clinical Research Office Coordinator; Graduate Management Trainee
- Natural Environment Research Council: Science Programmes Officer