TY - CHAP
T1 - In pursuit of a technical need or political compromise
T2 - Reforms of public financial management practices in Ghana's health sector
AU - Abekah-Nkrumah, Gordon
AU - Nomo, Patrick
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Purpose - The major question posed in this paper is whether public finance management (PFM) reforms undertaken by development partners (DPs) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Ghana were to find solutions to the many PFM challenges or it was merely a fac-ade to pursue latent political interest? Methodology - Study information was gathered via a desk review of major PFM policy documents, procedures, manuals, guidelines, and findings of commissioned studies covering the period under review. Information generated from the desk review was triangulated via extensive interviews with a sample of policy makers from MOH and DPs. Findings - The findings suggest that MOH and DPs pursued reforms mostly to address the PFM challenges in the sector. Additionally, the study finds questionable the attitude and posture of the two actors and calls for further investigations to unearth what the said attitude and posture may imply in terms of intentions. Originality/value - The findings raises fundamental question regarding public sector - DPs collaborations in executing reforms. This could open up new frontiers for further research to better understand DPs/public sector collaboration in the implementation of reforms. Limitations - The sample used for this study may constrain generalization to other jurisdiction. This limitation does not in any case invalidate the conclusions arrived at.
AB - Purpose - The major question posed in this paper is whether public finance management (PFM) reforms undertaken by development partners (DPs) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Ghana were to find solutions to the many PFM challenges or it was merely a fac-ade to pursue latent political interest? Methodology - Study information was gathered via a desk review of major PFM policy documents, procedures, manuals, guidelines, and findings of commissioned studies covering the period under review. Information generated from the desk review was triangulated via extensive interviews with a sample of policy makers from MOH and DPs. Findings - The findings suggest that MOH and DPs pursued reforms mostly to address the PFM challenges in the sector. Additionally, the study finds questionable the attitude and posture of the two actors and calls for further investigations to unearth what the said attitude and posture may imply in terms of intentions. Originality/value - The findings raises fundamental question regarding public sector - DPs collaborations in executing reforms. This could open up new frontiers for further research to better understand DPs/public sector collaboration in the implementation of reforms. Limitations - The sample used for this study may constrain generalization to other jurisdiction. This limitation does not in any case invalidate the conclusions arrived at.
KW - Financial management
KW - Health sector
KW - Public sector reform
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84888352184&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/S1479-3563(2012)000012B011
DO - 10.1108/S1479-3563(2012)000012B011
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84888352184
SN - 9781781902240
T3 - Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies
SP - 149
EP - 169
BT - Finance and Development in Africa
A2 - Menyah, Kojo
A2 - Abor, Joshua
ER -