Solidarity or Financial Sustainability

Solidarity or financial sustainability: an analysis of the values of community-based health insurance subscribers and promoters in Senegal.

OBJECTIVES Although community-based health insurance (CBHI) seemed promising to improve access to health care, its implementation has been slow and laborious. We hypothesize that the existing tension between the competing objectives of solidarity and financial sustainability that are pursued by CBHI may partly account for this. This paper aims to evaluate if there is a gap between CBHI subscrib...

Differential pricing: solidarity at times of financial crisis

The financial crisis which has hit Europe (and beyond) in 2008 has been described as a “health system shock” by the WHO which has urged EU Member States to ensure that the national healthcare systems would continue to promote universal access to health services by increasing efficiency in the health sector. The challenge for Member States is to ensure access to innovative medicines for unmet me...

Financial Sustainability of Selected MFIs of Nepal

This paper aims to analyze the financial sustainability of selected MFIs. In this regard, it deals with concept of sustainability, financial sustainability including operational and financial selfsufficiency. It also deals operating performance, staff productivity, portfolio quality and relation of financial sustainability with other variables. Nepalese MFIs are not strong from status of sustai...

Financial Sustainability Issues in Malaysia's Telecentres

Telecentres plays an important role in bridging digital divide in Malaysia. A study was conducted to identify the issues of financial sustainability on 132 telecentres in Malaysia. The study focused on TCs in four regions of Malaysia Peninsular (northern, central, southern and eastern). Questionnaires were sent to the telecentres’ operators. The results prove that financial support is critical ...

From the financial crisis to sustainability