The impact of social mobilization on health service delivery and health outcomes: evidence from rural Pakistan

Xavier Gine, Salma Khalid and Ghazala Mansuri

No 8313, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper uses a randomized community development program in rural Pakistan to assess the impact of citizen engagement on the quality of public health services. The program had a strong emphasis on organizing women, who also identified health services as a development priority at baseline. Assessing the program at midline, the paper finds that the mobilization effort alone had a significant impact on the performance of village-based health providers. The study detects economically large improvements in pregnancy and well-baby visits by lady health workers, as well as increased utilization of pre- and post-natal care by pregnant women. In contrast, the quality of supra-village health services did not improve, underscoring the importance of community enforcement and monitoring capacity for improving service delivery.

Keywords: Community Development and Empowerment; Services&Transfers to Poor; Access of Poor to Social Services; Community Driven Development; Disability; Economic Assistance; Technology Industry; Technology Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-01-23
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