Provision of Services to the Livestock Sector: The case of animal health

PPLPI Policiy Brief

Pressures for market liberalisation and provatisation have affected the provision of services to livestock keepers in most developing countries. Some services previusly provided by governments have bee reduced or totally withdrawn, while attempts have been made encourage private sector provision in place of the government services. The rationale underpinning choise about which services to privatise was introduced by World Bank in the early 1990s and is founded in traditional welfare economics, whitc focuses on "outcome" efficiency.