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This ODI research report, What can a ministry of finance do to improve health spending?<\/em> explores how governments\u2014particularly in low- and lower-middle-income countries\u2014can strengthen the efficiency and impact of health expenditure despite severe fiscal constraints. With government health spending averaging just $56 per capita<\/strong> in lower-middle-income countries and less than $10<\/strong> in low-income countries, expanding budgets is increasingly unrealistic amid slow economic growth, weak revenue mobilisation, and rising debt-service burdens. The report examines how ministries of finance can still play a transformative role in improving value for money in health.<\/p>\n Authored by Danielle Serebro<\/strong> and Tom Hart<\/strong>, the paper outlines 10 practical areas for action<\/strong> across three core themes: better budgeting and prioritisation; stronger budget execution and procurement; and more effective public financial management<\/a> systems for health. These include aligning health sector plans with budgets, improving cash management, reforming procurement, enabling facility-level autonomy, advancing digital financing tools, and leveraging health taxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This ODI research report, What can a ministry of finance do to improve health spending? explores how governments\u2014particularly in low- and lower-middle-income countries\u2014can strengthen the efficiency and impact of health expenditure despite severe fiscal constraints. With government health spending averaging just $56 per capita in lower-middle-income countries and less than $10 in low-income countries, expanding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3024,3047,131],"document_type":[2336],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987791890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/documents"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987791890"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987791890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987791897,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987791890\/revisions\/987791897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987791890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987791890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987791890"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=987791890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}