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Health Financing Options for Samoa : Challenges and Opportunities
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932945
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Economic Costs of Inadequate Water and Sanitation: South Tarawa, Kiribati
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
The inadequate water supply and sanitation situation in South Tarawa has contributed to high rates of water … supply and sanitation infrastructure and ongoing operations and maintenance in South Tarawa, in part, as a result of low cost … estimate the total economic costs associated with inadequate water and sanitation services in South Tarawa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942322
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Bangladesh: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Poverty remains high at 43 percent of the population subsist on less than United States (U.S.) $1.25 per day (2010). Bangladesh achieved several millennium development goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213934
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Costed Plan for Scaling Up Nutrition: Nigeria
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2014
This paper estimates country-specific costs and benefits of scaling up key nutrition investments in Nigeria. Building on the methodology established in the global report scaling up nutrition: what will it cost? Authors first estimate the costs and benefits of a nationwide scale up of ten...
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Benefits trickling away: The health impact of extending access to piped water and sanitation in urban Yemen
Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Meier, Kristina; … - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2012
This article investigates the impact of piped water supply and sanitation on health outcomes in urban Yemen using a … separate identification of water and sanitation impacts. Results indicate that access to piped water supply worsens health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651855
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The Potential for Integrating Community-Based Nutrition and Postpartum Family Planning: Review of Evidence and Experience in Low-Income Settings
Alvesson, Helle M.; Mulder-Sibanda, Menno - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
The objective of this review was to study where community-based family planning and nutrition programs have been integrated, how this has been accomplished, and what the results have been. Although family planning is a nontraditional intervention in community-based nutrition programs, it can...
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Understanding the Relationship between Government and BRAC in Implementing WASH Programme
Rahman, Hasanur; Ahmed, Shamim; Rashid, Mamun-Ur-; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
To explore the relationship between government and BRAC in the implementation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964288
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Water Scarcity Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Tropp, Håkan Tropp and Anders Jägerskog - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504433
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Economic and Health Effects of Increasing Coverage of Low Cost Water and Sanitation Interventions
Hutton, Guy Hutton, Laurence Haller and Jamie Bartram - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504435
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Water Governance Challenges: Managing Competition and Scarcity for Hunger and Poverty Reduction and Environmental Sustainability
Tropp, Håkan Tropp, Malin Falkenmark and Jan Lundqvist - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504446