This series is produced by the Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Family of the World Bank's Human Development Network. The papers in this series aim to provide a vehicle for publishing preliminary...
This rapid assessment examines the effect of Mongolia's economic crisis on government health budgets and health expenditure, household out-of-pocket spending and donor health commitments. This study was...
The objective of the Health Sector Support Investment Project (SWAP) for Cameroon is to increase utilization and improve the quality of health services with a particular focus on child and maternal health...
The objective of the Bolsa Familia Project for Brazil is to reduce poverty and inequality today and in the future, and to promote human capital investments among poor families through the direct monetary...
This summary describes the rationale for the exercise, methods used, major findings, and lessons learned from the review of World Bank project documents. Results-Based Financing (RBF) for health is a cash...
As governments and development partners recognize with time the limited returns from business as usual, they are looking for innovative strategies that offer the hope of increasing the impact of their...
Health Results-Based Financing (HRBF) is a cash payment or non-monetary transfer made to a national or sub-national government, manager, provider, payer, or consumer of health services after pre-defined...
The focus of this paper is the continuous monitoring and documentation of Results-based financing (RBF) scheme implementation and the outputs produced. A forthcoming paper will discuss evaluation and the...
Since the adoption of the millennium declaration in 2000, total development assistance for health has more than doubled, and expenditures for maternal and child health have grown. Nevertheless, many countries...
This study evaluates the impact of the Mexican conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, Oportunidades and the Nicaraguan program, Red de Protección Social, on vaccination coverage for Bacille Calmette-Guérin...
The Caribbean region is at a development crossroads and its member nations must take significant and concrete steps to improve productivity and competitiveness and face up to global competition if they...
La región del Caribe está en una encrucijada del desarrollo por lo que sus países miembros deben tomar pasos significativos y concretos para mejorar la productividad y la competitividad y enfrentar la...
The English-speaking Caribbean has several characteristics which make it an appealing destination for visitors seeking health services, including its proximity to North American and European markets; climate...