Vouchers in Development Assistance

Philip B. Schwehm (mailto:schwehm@mnl.sequel.net)
Fri, 29 May 1998 16:16:36 +0800

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Date:         Fri, 29 May 1998 16:16:36 +0800
From: "Philip B. Schwehm" <mailto:schwehm@mnl.sequel.net>
Subject:      Vouchers in Development Assistance
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU

The Governance and Local Democracy (GOLD) Project in the Philippines is
exploring the feasibility of delivering donor-funded technical
assistance to local governments using a voucher or credit system.
Basically, local governments would access services from a pool of
pre-qualified private and voluntary sector organizations using credits
or vouchers provided through the project.

Is anyone aware of such a scheme being applied within the context of international development assistance?

Philip B. Schwehm Deputy Chief of Party Governance & Local Democracy Project (GOLD) ARD, Inc., 7/F ALPAP I Bldg, 140 Alfaro Street Salcedo Village, Makati City Philippines --------- web site: www.ardgold.org corporate email: mailto:ardgold@mnl.sequel.net mailto:ardgold@mozcom.com direct email: mailto:schwehm@mnl.sequel.net faxmail: (632) 893-9602 telephone: (632) 893-9760/66/9845; (632) 841-0694/95/96/97