Documentos e informes
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Health insurance handbook : how to make it work (Inglés)
Many countries that subscribe to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have committed to ensuring access to basic health services for their citizens. Health insurance has been considered and promoted...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 66234 Fecha del documento: 18 de enero de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Wang, Hong ,Switlick,Kimberly,Ortiz, Christine ,Zurita, Beatriz ,Lips,Catherine Connor
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National oil companies and value creation (Vol. 1 of 3) (Inglés)
Approximately two billion dollars a day of petroleum are traded worldwide, which makes petroleum the largest single item in the balance of payments and exchanges between nations. Petroleum represents the...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 63437 Fecha del documento: 13 de julio de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Arfaa,Noora,Tordo,Silvana,Tracy,Brandon S.
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Youth employment and skills development in the Gambia (Inglés)
Despite substantial improvements in access to basic education and steady economic growth, The Gambia still faces considerable challenges in respect to reducing poverty. As the result of its narrow economic...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 63845 Fecha del documento: 8 de julio de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Lahire,Nathalie,Johanson,Richard K.,Wilcox, Ryoko Tomita
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Health, nutrition, and population in Madagascar 2000-09 (Inglés)
With an income per capita US$400 in 2008, Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world. Poverty is widespread but with significant urban-rural differences (52 percent versus 74 percent). Health...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 63255 Fecha del documento: 5 de julio de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Kruse,Ioana L.,Sharp,Maryanne
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Private health sector assessment in Mali : the post-Bamako initiative reality (Inglés)
This country assessment of the private health sector in Mali is part of a series of studies designed to deepen understanding of ways to enhance the health policy framework, business environment, and investment...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 63254 Fecha del documento: 24 de junio de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Lamiaux, Mathieu,Rouzaud, Francois,Woods,Wendy
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A decade of aid to the health sector in Somalia 2000-2009 (Inglés)
This study reviews: (1) how levels of donor financing of the health sector in Somalia varied over the decade 2000-09, (2) which health interventions were prioritized by donors, and (3) how evenly health...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 61898 Fecha del documento: 2 de junio de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Capobianco,Emanuele,Naidu, Veni
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Private health sector assessment in Ghana (Inglés)
Most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa confront serious health challenges; however, Ghana has done beer than many of its neighbors. Ghana's life expectancy at birth is 60 years (versus 53 for all of Sub-Saharan...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 61312 Fecha del documento: 26 de abril de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Makinen,William Martin,Sealy, Stephanie,Bitran Dicowsky,Ricardo A.,Adjei,Samuel,Munoz,Rodrigo
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The human resources for health crisis in Zambia : an outcome of health worker entry exit, and performance within the national labor health market (Inglés)
This report compiles recent evidence on the Zambian health labor market and provides some baseline information on human resources for health (HRH) to help the government address its HRH challenges. Rather...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 61897 Fecha del documento: 26 de abril de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Herbst,Christopher H.,Vledder,Monique,Campbell,Karen Maureen,Sjöblom, Mirja ,Soucat,Agnes L. B.
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National oil companies and value creation (Vol. 3 of 3) (Inglés)
Approximately two billion dollars a day of petroleum are traded worldwide, which makes petroleum the largest single item in the balance of payments and exchanges between nations. Petroleum represents the...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 63437 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Arfaa,Noora,Tordo,Silvana,Tracy,Brandon S.
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National oil companies and value creation (Vol. 2 of 3) (Inglés)
Approximately two billion dollars a day of petroleum are traded worldwide, which makes petroleum the largest single item in the balance of payments and exchanges between nations. Petroleum represents the...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 63437 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Arfaa,Noora,Tordo,Silvana,Tracy,Brandon S.
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Private health sector assessment in Mali : the post-Bamako initiative reality : Etude sur le secteur prive de la sante au Mali (Francés)
This country assessment of the private health sector in Mali is part of a series of studies designed to deepen understanding of ways to enhance the health policy framework, business environment, and investment...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 63254 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Lamiaux, Mathieu,Rouzaud, Francois,Woods,Wendy
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Reducing geographical imbalances of health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : a labor market perspective on what works, what does not, and why (Inglés)
This report discusses and analyzes labor market dynamics and outcomes (including unemployment, worker shortages, and urban-rural imbalances of categories of health workers) from a labor economics perspective...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 58843 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Herbst,Christopher H.,Jahanshahi,Atefeh Negda,Lemiere,Christophe,Smith,Ellen
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Uganda's remittance corridors from United Kingdom, United States, and South Africa : challenges to linking remittances to the use of formal services (Inglés)
The purpose of this study is to gather a broad spectrum of remittance data related to Uganda and the three remittance corridors and compile such information in a comprehensive report with a view to sharing...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 58012 Fecha del documento: 11 de noviembre de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Endo,Isaku,Namaaji, Jane,Kulathunga,Anoma
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Nonprofit organizations and the combatting of terrorism financing : a proportionate response (Inglés)
One of the ways that terrorist organizations raise and transfer funds is by using the fundraising power, and the aura of charitable activity, of nonprofit organizations (NPOs). This article argues that...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 57879 Fecha del documento: 10 de noviembre de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Van Der Does De Willebois,Emile Johannes Marie
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Mainstreaming building energy efficiency codes in developing countries : global experiences and lessons from early adopters (Inglés)
This report summarizes the findings of an extensive literature survey of the experiences of implementing BEECs in developed countries. It also includes case studies of four developing countries- China...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 57877 Fecha del documento: 12 de octubre de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Liu, Feng,Meyer,Anke S.,Hogan,John F.
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Budgeting for effectiveness in Rwanda : from reconstruction to reform (Inglés)
The overall objective of this comprehensive report is to consider Rwanda's budget support in the context of its overall public expenditure and resources to: (a) provide an overview of Rwanda's experience...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 57880 Fecha del documento: 10 de octubre de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Sayinzoga,Kampeta,Soucat,Agnes L. B.,Kjellgren,Annika,Musafiri, Prosper
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A financing facility for low-carbon development (Inglés)
The reality of climate change associated with anthropogenic emissions is now widely acknowledged by the scientific community. Its potential devastating future harms are equally well perceived and as stated...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 57874 Fecha del documento: 21 de septiembre de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Gouvello, Christophede,Zelenko,Ivan,Ambrosi,Philippe
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Lesotho Highlands Water Project : communication practices for governance and sustainability improvement (Inglés)
The past decade has witnessed major shift thinking about water, including how water infrastructure development strategies can help advance sustainable development and the global fight against poverty...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 55840 Fecha del documento: 30 de julio de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Haas, Lawrence J.M.,Mazzei,Leonardo,O'Leary,Donal T.
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Berg Water Project : communication practices for governance and sustainability improvement (Inglés)
The past decade has witnessed a major global shift in thinking about water, including the role that water infrastructure plays in sustainable development. This rethinking aims to better balance the social...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 55839 Fecha del documento: 8 de julio de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Haas, Lawrence J. M., Mazzei, Leonardo, O'Leary,
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Incentives and dynamics in the Ethiopian health worker labor market (Inglés)
The supply and geographic distribution of health workers are major constraints to improving health in low-income countries. A number of recent studies have highlighted the shortage of skilled health workers...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 55834 Fecha del documento: 7 de julio de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: De Laat, Joose,Hanson, Kara,Jack,William G.,Soucat,Agnes L. B.