Voices on Ownership

Country ownership is viewed as an important step towards improving aid effectiveness for global health. Yet, country ownership is a debated issue, particularly what it means in practical terms to donors, development partners, civil society and country governments. MLI organized “Advancing Country Ownership for Greater Results”, a roundtable to share its lessons learned in working with health ministries and to give global health and development leaders a platform to address this issue. The discussion delved deeply into the structural and political challenges involved in trying to advance country ownership, as well as what it will take operationally to move beyond the rhetoric of country ownership to action. This series, written by journalist John Donnelly and posted on MLI’s Leading Global Health blog, shares the conversation and multiple perspectives on country ownership.