A Case Study of Country Ownership Over Donor Aid: The Global Fund and the Ghanaian Country Coordinating Mechanism

John Chukwuemeka Onokwai and Sally Matthews
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John Chukwuemeka Onokwai: Department of Political and International Studies, Rhodes University
Sally Matthews: Department of Political and International Studies, Rhodes University

Journal of Developing Societies, 2022, vol. 38, issue 2, 166-183

Abstract: Country ownership ostensibly gives aid-recipient countries more control over donor-funded programs. However, there is much debate both over the utility of the concept and its implementation. This article examines the operation of the Ghanaian Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) to determine to what extent the CCM enables country ownership. The CCM is a governance instrument designed to promote country ownership in relation to donor aid from the Global Fund, a key donor to the Ghanaian health sector. This case study shows that the operation of the Ghanaian CCM is reflective of conditional ownership, which limits recipient countries’ exercise of control over donor-funded programs.

Keywords: Country ownership; donor aid; Global Fund; Ghana; Country Coordinating Mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0169796X221085748

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