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Good governance and the implementation of national health insurance in the public health sector : a case of South Africa
(Virtus Interpress, 2015) Brauns, Melody; Stanton, Anne
For years it has been argued that implementation failure is one of the main reasons why policies do not yield the results expected. In South Africa, a version of this argument, which often features, is that good policies are drawn up but then not implemented. Government failure is a reality. Just as corporations survive according to whether they make good decisions, so to governments fall or are re-elected on whether they make good decisions. General argument in governance literature is that a wide variety of developments have undermined the capacity of governments to control events within the nation state. As a consequence the state can no longer assume a monopoly of expertise or of the resources to govern.
Reforming the Health Sector in South Africa – Post 1994
(Virtus Interpress, 2015) Brauns, Melody; Stanton, Anne
This article reviews the efforts of the South African government in recognising development challenges of the post-apartheid era and assesses the approaches employed to bring about economic growth and to address inherited inequalities.