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Contracting for Primary Health Care in Brazil: The Cases of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro
Araujo, Edson; Cavalini, Luciana; Girardi, Sabado; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
This study presents two case studies, each on a current initiative of contracting for primary health services in Brazil, one for the state of Bahia, the other for the city of Rio de Janeiro. The two initiatives are not linked and their implementation has independently sprung from a search for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010937830
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Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing (RBF): The Case of Community and Demand-Side RBF in Rwanda
Renaud, Adrien; Semasaka, Jean-Paul - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Rwanda, led by its Ministry of Health, was the first African country to implement Performance- Based Financing (PBF) nationwide in its health centers and hospitals. The country then went on to pilot RBF interventions at the community level. Rewarding community members who provide and use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942749
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Latin America Treads a Narrow Path to Growth
Torre, Augusto de la; Ize, Alain; Pienknagura, Samuel - Economics Research, World Bank Group
The April 2015 LAC Semiannual Report covers the short-term prospects and provides an analysis of the external factors affecting the region's economic performance. The first chapter expands on LAC's economic outlook paying special attention to the global context and its effect on LAC’s economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262726
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Environment as cultural heritage: the Armenian diaspora's willingness-to-pay to protect Armenia's Lake Sevan
Laplante, Benoit; Meisner, Craig; Wang, Hua - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2005
This paper presents a study of willingness-to-pay of the Armenian Diaspora in the United States to protect Armenia's Lake Sevan, a unique and precious symbol of the Armenian cultural heritage. Dichotomous choice contingent valuation questions were asked by mail surveys to elicit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079485
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The impact of liberalizing barriers to foreign direct investment in services - the case of Russian accession to the World Trade Organization
Jensen, Jesper; Rutherford, Thomas; Tarr, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004
World Trade Organization (WTO), which encompasses improved market access, tariff reduction, and reduction of barriers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079489
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Government procurement : Market access, transparency, and multilateral trade rules
Evenett, Simon J.; Hoekman, Bernard M. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004
World Trade Organization (WTO) trade talks. Traditionally, the focus of international trade agreements has been on market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079495
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The effects of infrastructure development on growth and income distribution
Calderon, Cesar; Serven, Luis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004
The authors provide an empirical evaluation of the impact of infrastructure development on economic growth and income distribution using a large panel data set encompassing over 100 countries and spanning the years 1960-2000. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of simple equations for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079502
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Corruption and trade tariffs, or a case for uniform tariffs
Gatti, Roberta - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1999
By explicitly accounting for the interaction between importers and corrupt customs officials, the author argues that setting trade tariff rates at a uniform level, limits public official's ability to extract bribes from importers. If the government's main objective is to raise revenues at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079511
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Infrastructure restructuring and regulation - building a base for sustainable growth
Alexander, Ian; Estache, Antonio - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2000
The link between economic growth, and better provision of infrastructure services may be unproven, but it is clear that reforms to make infrastructure services more competitive (where possible), and to provide strong, and independent economic regulation of natural monopolies, do create an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079518
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Good governance and trade policy : are they the keys to Africa's global integration and growth?
Ng, Francis; Yeats, Alexander - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1999
the World Bank's index of the speed with which countries are integrating into the world economy. Their results show that …; experienced higher growth rates for exports, imports, and GDP; and were more successful integrating with the world economy … constraining commercial activity) are among the world's highest. Improving African trade and governance policies to levels …
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