This paper presents a brief overview of the recent development in the way aid is delivered to health sectors in developing countries, focusing particularly on the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp), thereby comparing SWAp and the historically older modality of project support. The paper discusses the characteristics of these two modalities, presents recent evidence on the progress achieved and discusses the elements to be considered when a development agency needs to make a choice between those two modalities. A paper provided for SDC by the Swiss Tropical Institute.

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