Documentos e informes

The systematic assessment of health worker performance : a framework for analysis and its application in Tanzania (Inglés)

This paper introduces a simple framework for understanding the dimensions and determinants of health worker performance based on the idea that there can be three different gaps affecting performance: a...

Evaluating the impact of results-based financing on health worker performance : theory, tools and variables to inform an impact evaluation (Inglés)

Benin - Mettre la politique nutritionnelle au coeur de developpement : comprendre les facteurs institutionnels et politiques du changement politique (Francés)

This report on the case study of Benin is part of a comparative study of the experiences of four African countries, to understand the institutional factors and organizational policies that have led governments...

Placer la Nutrition au Coeur des Politiques de Développement : Le cas de Madagascar (1960-2010) (Francés)

This case study is part of a comparative study on the experience of eight African countries, to understand the institutional, political and organizational factors that led governments to engage in the...

Sénégal - Comprendre les facteurs politiques et institutionnels conduisant au changement de politiques de nutrition (Francés)

This study shows that the World Bank has taken the initiative to conduct a comparative study on the integration of nutrition policies in development policies to strengthen its knowledge of nutrition programs...

Enhancing efficiency and equity : challenges and reform opportunities facing health and pension systems in the Western Balkans (Inglés)

This collection of papers explores the major challenges to the sustainability of health and pension system financing in the countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former...

Integration of health systems and priority health, nutrition, and population interventions : a framework for analysis and policy choices (Inglés)

A longstanding debate on health system organization relates to the benefits of integrating programs that emphasize specific interventions into mainstream health systems to increase access and improve health...

An assessment of LAC's vital statistics system : the foundation of maternal and infant mortality monitoring (Inglés)

Vital records, the registration of births, deaths, marriages and divorces, and the vital statistics derived from these records serve two important purposes. Firstly, vital records are legal documents...

Progression of tobacco control policies : lessons from the United States and implications for global action (Inglés)

This paper examines the historical experience of tobacco control in the last five decades and shares important lessons of public health interventions to inform current and future tobacco control programs...

Blood services in Central Asian health systems : A clear and present danger of spreading HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases (Inglés)

The report discusses inter-related parts of blood transfusions systems, and presents an overview of the parts that need to be strengthened in Central Asia. Numerous parts are in serious need of organizational...

The pharmaceutical sector of the Western Balkan countries (Inglés)

There is a strong political will in the Western Balkan states to align the region's pharmaceutical legislation and practice with that of the European Union. Accordingly, recent policy changes were aimed...

Better outcomes through health reforms in the Russian Federation : the challenge in 2008 and beyond (Inglés)

The purpose of this discussion paper is to discuss selected health challenges in the Russian Federation, focusing on outcomes, expenditures and options for policy and institutional reforms in the health...

Fertility regulation behaviors and their costs : contraception and unintended pregnancies in Africa (Inglés)

The report consists of three parts: global trends in fertility, contraceptive use and unintended pregnancies; studies of two regions (Africa and Eastern Europe/Central Asia) and two countries (Nigeria...

Obstetric care in poor settings in Ghana, India, and Kenya (Inglés)

Women are at much greater risk in childbirth in developing countries than in developed countries. This report explores why maternal mortality continues to be so high in developing countries, and why emergency...

Tobacco control in Brazil (Inglés)

The objective of this study was to assess the smoking situation in Brazil, and the role of the tobacco control program, and compare it to experience in other countries. The study assessed key trends in...

Cuestiones de población en el siglo XXI: La tarea del Banco Mundial (Español)

El presente documento busca analizar algunos de los obstáculos y oportunidades a los que se enfrentan los procesos demográficos, con el fin de establecer prioridades de inversión y trabajo analítico en...

Population issues in the 21st century : the role of the World Bank : Enjeux demographiques du XXI siecle : le role de la Banque Mondiale (Francés)

The objective of this paper is to discuss some obstacles and opportunities presented by population processes in order to prioritize areas for investment and analytical work as background information for...

Beyond 80 percent : are there new ways of increasing vaccination coverage? evaluation of CCT programs in Mexico and Nicaragua (Inglés)

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...

Population issues in the 21st century : the role of the World Bank (Inglés)

The objective of this paper is to discuss some obstacles and opportunities presented by population processes in order to prioritize areas for investment and analytical work as background information for...

Mainstreaming nutrition in poverty reduction strategy papers : What does it take? A review of the early experience (Inglés)

This paper reviews 40 full poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) with regard to whether these strategy papers (1) recognize under-nutrition as a development problem in the country, (2) whether they...