title: Republic of Korea's Health Aid Governance: Perspectives from Partner Countries.
abstract: The Republic of Korea (ROK) has a remarkable development history, including its status as the first country to transition from aid recipient to member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Development Assistance Committee (DAC). However, since becoming a donor country, the ROK has struggled to achieve internationally accepted agreements related to aid effectiveness and several evaluations have identified the ROK as being one of the weakest DAC member countries at providing good aid. A survey was conducted to assess partner countries' perceptions of the ROK's governance of health official development assistance (ODA). The survey was administered to government officials based in partner countries' Ministries of Health and therefore presents the unique perspective of ODA recipients. The survey questions focused on governance principles established in the internationally-accepted Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The total response rate was 13 responses out of 26 individuals who received the email request (50%). The survey results indicate that progress has been made since earlier international evaluations but the ROK has not overcome all areas of concern. This confirms that the ROK is continuing to develop its capacity as a good donor but has yet to achieve all governance-related targets. The results of this survey can be used to inform a future aid strategy.
authors.affiliation: JW LEE Center for Global Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Allison Baer
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Alley
authors.affiliation: JW LEE Center for Global Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eunhee
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: JW LEE Center for Global Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Koo
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Administration, College of Social Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Minah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: JW LEE Center for Global Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Juhwan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000191:economics*; D014943:Global Health; D007391:International Cooperation; D056910:Republic of Korea
keywords: Aid Effectiveness; Health Aid; Official Development Assistance; Paris Declaration; Partner Country; Republic of Korea