New forms of development: branding innovative ideas and bidding for foreign aid in the maternal and child health service in Nepal
How branding and bidding occurs, how this process has become vital in securing foreign aid to run MCH activities in Nepal
Abstract
Nepal has been receiving foreign aid since the early 1950s. Currently, the country’s health care system is heavily dependent on aid, even for the provision of basic health services to its people. Globally, the mechanism for the dispersal of foreign aid is becoming increasingly complex. Numerous stakeholders are involved at various levels: donors, intermediary organisations, project-implementing partners and the beneficiaries, engaging not only in Nepal but also globally. To illustrate how branding and bidding occurs, and to discuss how this process has become increasingly vital in securing foreign aid to run MCH activities in Nepal.
This work is part of ‘New Norms and Forms of Development: Brokerage in Maternal and Child Health Service Development and Delivery in Nepal and Malawi’ project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department for International Development.
Citation
Radha Adhikari, Pam Smith, Jeevan Raj Sharma and Obindra Bahadur Chand, (2018) New forms of development: branding innovative ideas and bidding for foreign aid in the maternal and child health service in Nepal Globalization and Health 2018 14:33 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0350-0