Africa's Changing Markets for Health and Veterinary Services

Under the pressure of Structural Adjustment, health and veterinary services in Africa have increasingly relied on user fees and private markets. In this book, a collaborative group of African and American physicians, veterinarians, and social scientists explore the different experiences of the two services with marketization through survey research in six African countries. They demonstrate that the markets for these services will function well only if important problems in the...
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Under the pressure of Structural Adjustment, health and veterinary services in Africa have increasingly relied on user fees and private markets. In this book, a collaborative group of African and American physicians, veterinarians, and social scientists explore the different experiences of the two services with marketization through survey research in six African countries. They demonstrate that the markets for these services will function well only if important problems in the institutions that govern them are solved.