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DocumentA Public Choice Approach to the Economic Analysis of Animal Healthcare Systems 2004
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No results found.Privatisation of animal healthcare systems in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, has had very limited success. Introduced with inadequate transition time and too few resources, many livestock owners either cannot afford or, just as likely, are unable to gain access to the services they need. Poor livestock owners in remote rural areas suffer the greatest disadvantage. This fact is undisputed but, since privatisation, the primary focus has been on analysing the performance of animal healthcare systems and few authors have studied the underlying economic theories that have driven privatisation policy nor examined in what ways these may have been detrimental. This working paper examines how the economic analysis of animal health services has evolved since the '90s. A comparison is made with economic theories underlying the provision of human healthcare services where the debate started much earlier (in the ‘60s). Special emphasis is put on how these perspective s have influenced privatisation policy and, in particular, based in general economic literature, how the way in which 'public goods' is defined affects their financing and provision. Following this perspective, the role that governments should expect to play in the animal healthcare sector post privatisation is also debated. -
Book (series)Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock. Funding Animal Healthcare Systems: Mechanisms and Options
PPLPI Working Paper No. 17
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No results found.This is the 17th of a series of Working Papers prepared for the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The purpose of these papers is to explore issues related to livestock development in the context of poverty alleviation. Livestock is vital to the economies of many developing countries. Animals are a source of food, more specifically protein for human diets, income, employment and possibly foreign exchange. For low income producers, livestock can serve as a store of wealth, provide drau ght power and organic fertiliser for crop production and a means of transport. Consumption of livestock and livestock products in developing countries, though starting from a low base, is growing rapidly. -
Book (series)Funding Mechanisms for Animal Healthcare Systems 2004
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No results found.International institutions forecast a significant increase in animal production in developing countries in the next two decades. Such growth will have major consequences, including an increase in demand for animal health services from livestock keepers, as well as a pressing need for improved veterinary public health and food safety systems to safeguard human health.
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