This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
The paper addresses the issue of improving the health, nutrition, and population outcomes of the poorest people in developing, and transitional countries. Two principles underpin the approach taken in...
The study focuses on decentralization, referring to the process of returning the political, fiscal, and administrative powers, to sub-national units of government. It examines the decentralization transformation...
El estudio se centra en la descentralización, en referencia al proceso de devolución de los poderes políticos, fiscales y administrativos a las unidades subnacionales de gobierno. Se examina la transformación...
This report assembles data on health, demographic trends, health infrastructure, health personnel, and health financing across Asian countries. In a broad manner, it attempts to relate differences in spending...
This study examines health care financing for twelve countries in Asia. Newly assembled data allow comparisons of total expenditures from all sources (government, insurance, and private out-of-pocket payments)...
This paper discusses the nature of private sector involvement in health service delivery in developing countries, the potential for expanding it, and areas where health sector policy goals might benefit...
Health services consume valuable resources -- equipment, buildings, pharmaceuticals, supplies, and the services of highly trained professionals. How countries pay for and allocate those resources strongly...