From Amsterdam to Bamako: a qualitative case study on diffusion entrepreneurs’ contribution to performance-based financing propagation in Mali

For the past 15 years, several donors have promoted performance-based financing (PBF) in Africa for improving health services provision. European and African experts known as ‘diffusion entrepreneurs’ (DEs) assist with PBF pilot testing. In Mali, after participating in a first pilot PBF in 2012–13,...

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Main Authors: Gautier, Lara (Author) , De Allegri, Manuela (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 16 September 2019
In: Health policy and planning
Year: 2019, Volume: 34, Issue: 9, Pages: 656-666
ISSN:1460-2237
DOI:10.1093/heapol/czz087
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz087
Verlag: https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/34/9/656/5570539
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Author Notes:Lara Gautier, Abdourahmane Coulibaly, Manuela De Allegri and Valéry Ridde

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