The new institutional economics of privatising veterinary services in Africa

Citation
Dk. Leonard et al., The new institutional economics of privatising veterinary services in Africa, REV SCI TEC, 18(2), 1999, pp. 544-561
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
REVUE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DE L OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES
ISSN journal
02531933 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
544 - 561
Database
ISI
SICI code
0253-1933(199908)18:2<544:TNIEOP>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The authors review a number of critical issues in the structural reform of animal health services for both small and non-commercial livestock producer s in Africa a nd highlight several problems that others concerned with the privatisation of this service area have tended to neglect. Most notably, at tention is called to the following: a) the need to retain a central role for paraprofessionals in the new deliv ery system b) the important and problematic relationship between the veterinary and pa raveterinary professions c) the importance of developing state contracting procedures for assisting the private delivery of animal health services that will avoid the problems of local monopoly d) the central role that professionalism will have to play in this area, if collective goods and the public interest are to be served.