Working Paper Series: Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies
Published:
Volume 13, number 1 2003
Accountability in Health Services
Transforming Relationships and Contexts
G. Asha
Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies info@capacity.org
This paper argues that accountability mechanisms may not always respond to the needs of marginalised groups in society and that attention needs to be paid to the social and institutional context in which they are placed. To be successful, accountability mechanisms need to emphasize building broad and democratic constituencies to support social change.
