"James Baker's vast economic, political and diplomatic experience as a former secretary of state and secretary of the treasury will help forge an international consensus for an equitable and effective resolution of this issue," Mr. Bush said in his statement.
A paradigm shift in global health policy on user fees has been evident in the last decade with a growing consensus that user fees undermine equitable access to essential health care in many low and middle income countries.
As a broad concept, good governance implies a system which is consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, equitable and inclusive, effective and efficient, follows the rule of law, and is participatory [ 6, 7].
Engaging a suite of disciplines, communities and decision makers in equitable partnerships to reflect on and develop consensus on criteria for evaluation may be a short-term means to begin what will be an iterative process of figuring out how to recognize excellence and success.
We understand good governance as having the following characteristics: it is consensus-oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, equitable and inclusive, effective and efficient, follows the rule of law, is participatory and should in theory be less vulnerable to corruption.
We understand good governance as consensus- oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, equitable and inclusive, effective and efficient, follows the rule of law and is participatory [ 3].
This will require international consensus guidance and collaboration to ensure equitable approaches to the governance of privacy and access and the development of training programmes for members of ethics review boards and other data regulatory bodies.
According to the Accountability for Reasonableness-framework, which was tested as a priority setting tool at district level by the REACT project [ 23], there is a need to build consensus among local stakeholders about how equitable and easy access to condoms may be achieved.
A paradigm shift in global health policy regarding user fees has been evident in the last decade with a growing consensus that user fees are regressive and undermine equitable access to essential health services [ 1].
With respect to removal of fees, this has amounted to a paradigm shift, with a growing consensus that user fees are regressive and undermine equitable access to essential health services [ 3], as do all types of out-of-pocket payment [ 4].
There is broad consensus around investing more heavily in community schools, delivering equitable resources to chronically underserved schools and reducing the role of standardized tests in high-stakes decision-making.
