; (6) mobilizing additional nongovernment resources via insurance (including social health insurance, and community and …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 …

This review represents an attempt to bridge the significant knowledge gaps on the private health sector in Sri Lanka … of health care services. On health service delivery, the review finds that the private sector: includes a range of … public sector for its supply of human resources; and is concentrated in urban areas. The quality of health care services in …

This paper explores the structure of cross-border health purchasing between Austria and Hungary and determines the size … of this phenomenon as well as the barriers to a further increase. Austrian patients may receive health care treatment in … to receive medical treatment, especially dental treatment, and then seek reimbursement from their Austrian insurance …

equitable and employment-generating social policies in National Development Strategies. This Policy Note has been developed in …

This paper examines gender equality in three important aspects including education, health care and employment in … more likely than men in using outpatient and inpatient health care services. However, for people above 14 years old, men … employment, and their wage is lower than men’s wage. Women have to do more housework than men even after the working hours for …

This paper explores the impact of trade liberalization on manufacturing employment and wages over a period 1993-2006, a …, the paper shows that employment has increased across all manufacturing industries. Data from Egypt’s labor market survey … increase in wages in manufacturing industries though the role of export orientation in influencing poor wages has not been …

economy in the middle of 2008. Crisis affects negatively almost all the fields of human life like development, employment …