Do improvements in health service
delivery affect trust in political leaders in Africa?
Citizens expect their government to provide social services.
Intuitively, improvements...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 161478Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi ;
Bossertb, Thomas J ;
Croke,Kevin
Agriculture important in Africa,
employing a large share of the labor force and earning
foreign exchange. Transport connectivity has long been a
crucial constraint in...
Interventions targeting early childhood
hold promise for reducing the intergenerational transmission
of poverty. Results from a randomized evaluation of a
preschool...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 178014Date: March 1, 2019Author:
Bouguen,Adrien ;
Filmer,Deon P. ;
Macours,Karen ;
Naudeau,Sophie
The study examined the determinants of
catch sales of artisanal fishers through wealthy middle
women in fishing communities of Ghana, often known as fish
mothers or...
Input subsidy programs (ISP) often have
two conflicting targeting goals: selecting individuals with
the highest marginal return to inputs on efficiency grounds,
or the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 178017Date: January 1, 2019Author:
World Bank
Resilience-building activities are
increasingly evident in development projects, and as a
result, there is a growing focus on monitoring and
evaluating the associated...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 136152Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Engle,Nathan Lee
The authors contribute to the
technology, skills and jobs debate by exploiting a novel
dataset for Chilean firms between 2007 and 2013, with
information on the firms’...
In 2014, city leaders from around the
world endorsed the Paris Declaration on fast-track cities,
pledging to achieve the 2020 and 2030 human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 136149Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Stuart,Robyn M. ;
Fraser-Hurt,Nicole ;
Kerr,Cliff C. ;
Mabusela,Emily ;
Madi,Vusi ;
Mkhwanazi,Fredrika ;
Pillay,Yogan ;
Barron,Peter ;
Muzah,Batanayi ;
Matsebula,Thulani Clement ;
Gorgens,Marelize ;
Wilson,David P.
Public financing of privately provided
child care can allow for access to these services in places
where public provision and capacity are low. However, the
mechanisms...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 136137Date: November 24, 2018Author:
Aran,Meltem A. ;
Munoz Boudet,Ana Maria ;
Aktakke,Nazli
The way governments manage resources
through the budget cycle has important implications for
health policy and whether governments achieve societal
objectives such as...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 134675Date: November 6, 2018Author:
Piatti-Fünfkirchen, Moritz ;
Schneider,Pia Helene
The road to universal health coverage
(UHC) needs not be driven by big reforms that include the
initiation of health insurance, provider–funder separation,
results-based...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 134674Date: November 6, 2018Author:
Workie,Netsanet Walelign ;
Shroff,Emelyn Helen ;
Yazbeck,Abdo S. ;
Nguyen,Son Nam ;
Karamagi, Humphrey
This article identifies and describes
the reforms undertaken by the National Hospital Insurance
Fund (NHIF) and examines their implications for Kenya’s
quest to achieve...
In the last decade, Zimbabwe has
undertaken substantial changes and implemented new
initiatives to improve health system performance and
services delivery, including...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 134673Date: November 6, 2018Author:
Zeng,Wu ;
Lannes,Laurence Elisabeth Marie-Paule ;
Mutasa,Ronald Upenyu
Zambia has implemented a number of
financing and organizational reforms since the 1990s aimed
at increasing efficiency, enhancing equity, and improving
health outcomes....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 134671Date: November 5, 2018Author:
Chitah,Mukosha Bona ;
Chansa,Collins ;
Kaonga, Oliver ;
Workie,Netsanet Walelign
A dynamic environment calls for flexible
strategies. As investors in a traditionally stable asset
class that is changing quickly, we need to develop in-house
‘innovation...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 133117Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Kats,Viktor ;
Bahl,Deepali
Universal health coverage (UHC) can be a
vehicle for improving equity, health outcomes, and financial
well-being. After publication of the World Health
Organization’s...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 134677Date: October 31, 2018Author:
Wang,Huihui ;
Juma,Mariam Ally ;
Rosemberg,Nicolas ;
Ulisubisya, Mpoki M.
Progress toward universal health care
(UHC) in Africa will require sustained increases in public
spending on health and reduced reliance on out-of-pocket
financing....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 134672Date: October 30, 2018Author:
Piatti-Fünfkirchen, Moritz ;
Lindelow,Magnus ;
Yoo,Katelyn Jison
Since 2013, the government of Malawi has
been pursuing a number of health reforms, which include
plans to increase domestic financing for health through
‘innovative...
Sanitation improvements have had limited
effectiveness in reducing the spread of fecal pathogens into
the environment. The authors conducted environmental
measurements...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 136139Date: September 26, 2018Author:
Ercumen,Ayse ;
Pickering,Amy J. ;
Kwong,Laura H. ;
Mertens,Andrew ;
Arnold,Benjamin Ford ;
Benjamin-Chung,Jade ;
Hubbard,Alan Edward ;
Alam,Mahfuja ;
Sen,Debashis ;
Islam,Sharmin ;
Rahman,Md. Zahidur ;
Kullmann,Craig Phillip ;
Chase,Claire ;
Ahmed,Rokeya ;
Parvez,Sarker Masud ;
Unicomb,Leanne ;
Rahman,Mahbubur ;
Ram,Pavani K. ;
Clasen,Thomas ;
Luby,Stephen P. ;
Colford,John M. Jr
India has the highest burden of
tuberculosis (TB). Although most patients with TB in India
seek care from the private sector, there is limited evidence
on quality of...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 136155Date: September 25, 2018Author:
Kwan,Ada Ting Ting ;
Daniels,Benjamin B. ;
Saria,Vaibhav ;
Satyanarayana,Srinath ;
Subbaraman,Ramnath ;
Mcdowell,Andrew Thomas ;
Bergkvist,Sofi ;
Das,Ranendra K. ;
Das,Veena ;
Das,Jishnu ;
Pai,Madhukar
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