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HS8 Social exclusion in low income countries
Social exclusion is a powerful mechanism of marginalisation and
disempowerment. Denial of political, social and cultural rights
underpins the process of social exclusion, which has the potential to
exacerbate or trap excluded individuals and groups in a web of poverty,
discrimination, poor health and limited education opportunities. A
better understanding of the various dimensions of social exclusion and
their structural causes in low-income countries is needed. In
particular, research examining how these causes can be (or are being)
challenged by excluded groups in specific contexts through rights-based
approaches, would constitute an important contribution to a broader
recognition of tackling exclusion in low-income countries.
HS7 Analysing decentralisation in low income countries
Many countries have decentralised their health systems in pursuit of a
variety of objectives including the facilitation of citizen influence
and engagement with local government and the improvement of management and
financing. Research under this theme could address the following
questions:
1. What effect does citizens 'voice' have on the governance process in
different contexts?
2. How appropriately are accountability mechanisms structured?
3. How do managers at central and more peripheral levels respond to the
decentralised arrangements?
4. How are financial flows affected by decentralised arrangements?
Suzanne Fustukian
Senior Lecturer, International Health
Institute for International Health and Development Queen Margaret
University, Edinburgh Queen Margaret University Drive Musselburgh East
Lothian
EH21 6UU
Tel: +44 (0)131 474 0000
Mobile: 07506238227
Fax: +44 (0)131 474 0001
The deadline is the 26 March. This is the link:
http://www.qmu.ac.uk/research_knowledge/bursarycomp08.htm
A map can be found at
http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=55.9402,.0508|13|4&loc=GB:56.11745:-3.0885\
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the university campus is in the area marked New Craighall
A virtual tour of the campus is available at
http://www.qmu.ac.uk/the_university_college/virtual_tour.htm
Social exclusion is a powerful mechanism of marginalisation and
disempowerment. Denial of political, social and cultural rights
underpins the process of social exclusion, which has the potential to
exacerbate or trap excluded individuals and groups in a web of poverty,
discrimination, poor health and limited education opportunities. A
better understanding of the various dimensions of social exclusion and
their structural causes in low-income countries is needed. In
particular, research examining how these causes can be (or are being)
challenged by excluded groups in specific contexts through rights-based
approaches, would constitute an important contribution to a broader
recognition of tackling exclusion in low-income countries.
HS7 Analysing decentralisation in low income countries
Many countries have decentralised their health systems in pursuit of a
variety of objectives including the facilitation of citizen influence
and engagement with local government and the improvement of management and
financing. Research under this theme could address the following
questions:
1. What effect does citizens 'voice' have on the governance process in
different contexts?
2. How appropriately are accountability mechanisms structured?
3. How do managers at central and more peripheral levels respond to the
decentralised arrangements?
4. How are financial flows affected by decentralised arrangements?
Suzanne Fustukian
Senior Lecturer, International Health
Institute for International Health and Development Queen Margaret
University, Edinburgh Queen Margaret University Drive Musselburgh East
Lothian
EH21 6UU
Tel: +44 (0)131 474 0000
Mobile: 07506238227
Fax: +44 (0)131 474 0001
The deadline is the 26 March. This is the link:
http://www.qmu.ac.uk/research_knowledge/bursarycomp08.htm
A map can be found at
http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=55.9402,.0508|13|4&loc=GB:56.11745:-3.0885\
6
the university campus is in the area marked New Craighall
A virtual tour of the campus is available at
http://www.qmu.ac.uk/the_university_college/virtual_tour.htm