Holding the World Bank accountable for leakage of funds from Africa's health sector. Academic Article

abstract

• This article explores the accountability of international financial institutions (IFIs), such as the World Bank, for human rights violations related to the massive leakage of funds from sub-Saharan Africas health sector. The article begins by summarizing the quantitative results of Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys performed in six African countries, all showing disturbingly high levels of leakage in the health sector. It then addresses the inadequacy of good governance and anticorruption programs in remedying this problem. After explaining how the World Banks Inspection Panel may serve as an accountability mechanism for addressing the leakage of funds, discussing violations of specific Bank policies and procedures that would support a claim related to leakage and examining the relevance of human rights concerns to such as claim, the article explores some of the Panels limitations and the positive steps taken to address these concerns.

authors

• Marouf, Fatma

published proceedings

• Health and Human Rights Journal

author list (cited authors)

• Marouf, F. E.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Marouf, Fatma E

publication date

• June 2010

publisher

• Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights  Publisher

published in

• Health and Human Rights: an international journal  Journal

keywords

• Africa
• Clinical Governance
• Data Collection
• Delivery Of Health Care
• Financial Management
• Global Health
• Health Expenditures
• Health Services Accessibility
• Health Services Needs And Demand
• Human Rights
• Humans
• Organizational Policy
• Social Responsibility
• Theft
• United Nations

PubMed Central ID

• 20930257

URI

• https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/749

start page

• 95

end page

• 108

volume

• 12

issue

• 1

URL

• https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/749/