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- Convenor:
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Anis Ben brik
(Hamad Bin Khalifa University)
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- Formats:
- Papers Synchronous
- Stream:
- Global methodologies
- Sessions:
- Friday 2 July, -
Time zone: Europe/London
Short Abstract:
This panel will provide a space for dialogue and discussion on the implications of the COVID 19 pandemic on the field of evaluation in the global south to address the ethical, conceptual, and methodological challenges that are affecting evaluation work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Long Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly transforming the field of evaluation. Governments, organizations, and evaluators are facing enormous challenges such as increasing complex dynamics systems, uncertainties, turbulence, lack of control, and nonlinearities. As we move towards the post-COVID-19 phase in many countries, governments, international NGOs, evaluators, and international organizations need to transform themselves and rethink the field of evaluation.
This panel will provide a space for dialogue and discussion on the implications of the COVID 19 pandemic on the field of evaluation in the global south: discuss where we are and what it means.
Original contributions will be encouraged from diverse disciplines and methodologies to address the ethical, conceptual, and methodological challenges that are affecting evaluation work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Theoretical and/or empirical contributions with a comparative and regional perspective are equally encouraged. Papers can focus on a single country case or propose cross-country analyses.
Accepted papers:
Session 1 Friday 2 July, 2021, -Paper short abstract:
Analysis of how federalism played out in the context of COVID-19. The paper brings a case study of Brazil's social policies focusing on the relationship between levels of government. It sheds light on how federalism interacts with other components, such as the distribution of resources.
Paper long abstract:
This paper aims to analyze the role of social protection and the main challenges faced by political authorities in the context of COVID-19. In this direction, the main goal is to understand the impacts of federalism on the adoption and the implementation of social policies during the sanitary crisis in 2020. Based on the new institutionalism approaches, the chapter portrays how different institutional arrangements may affect policy coordination and uniformity in a federal system. To this purpose, I employed a case study of Brazil focused on the relationship between the federal government and the states in implementing social policies. Through bibliographical and documentary researches, I compared the emergency aid approved during the pandemic to Bolsa Família, the most recognized Brazilian social program. By comparing their designs and functioning, I identified differences and convergences as regards intergovernmental relations. I tried to assess the conflicts lying behind policy coordination and the distribution of federal resources to states. With the theoretical framework on public policy and federalism, I explain which conditions affect the relationship between different levels of government, as well as the impact of federative arrangements on policy-making processes. In Brazil, measures against COVID-19 have been largely marked by conflicts between the federal government and local leaders as their opinions diverged on how to deal with the pandemic. In addition, many local governments faced additional challenges due to public health recommendations. Therefore, the implementation of the emergency aid was mired in several intergovernmental disagreements and hurdles related to COVID-19 and political disputes.
Paper short abstract:
Community-based health insurance have been promoted as a means of promoting financial protection in healthcare, developing countries. However, it is yet to provide coverage to a significant fraction of the population in Africa. Funding and management are central to its stoppage in rural Nigeria.
Paper long abstract:
In the recent years, social protection programmes have been promoted as a means of ensuring equality and improving the welfare of people across countries. Consequently, several social protection programmes have been rolled out in the global south where these challenges are rife. To promote financial protection in healthcare, low-and-middle income countries have been urged over time to embrace community-based health insurance (CBHI) as health financing option for providing coverage for the populace, especially the poor. With over twenty years of implementation in Africa, CBHI is yet to provide healthcare coverage to a significant fraction of the population. In Nigeria, CBHI was implemented as a partnership programme in selected rural communities in Kwara State. The partnership was between a Dutch agency, Health Insurance Fund and the Kwara State Government to provide primary and some secondary healthcare services to the people at subsidized cost. The programme commenced in 2007 and collapsed in 2016. Consequently, the people are back to the pre-2007 era of poor access to healthcare. Using the Walt and Gilson’s health policy triangle, the study examines the main reasons behind the stoppage of the programme. Mixed methods approach was adopted for data collection in 11 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kwara State where the programme operated. The findings indicate that issues of funding and management are central to the stoppage of the programme. Also, it shows that attaining UHC through CBHI will take several decades. Thus, the chapter recommends the need for a comprehensive and long-term ideational commitment to the provision of healthcare services in the global south.