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Cyclical Patterns in Government Health Expenditures Between 1995 and 2010
Velenyi, Edit V.; Smitz, Marc F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
a third of the developing world has been able to escape the procyclicality trap. Yet, little is known about the evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829327
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Health in All Policies as a Strategic Policy Response to NCDs
Lin, Vivian; Jones, Catherine; Wang, Shiyong; Barbd, Enis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education,...
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Kenya : A Policy Agenda to Restore Growth
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678123
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Morocco - Poverty Report : Strengthening Policy by Identifying the Geographic Dimension of poverty
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678139
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The Unfulfilled Promise of Oil and Growth : Poverty, Inclusion and Welfare in Iraq 2007-2012
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2014
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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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Left behind : Chronic poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
Vakis, Renos; Rigolini, Jamele; Lucchetti, Leonardo - Economics Research, World Bank Group
world, inequalities reduced substantially. The regional Gini coefficient for per capita income, for instance, decreased by …
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Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2004 : Accelerating Development
Bourguignon, François; Pleskovic, Boris - Economics Research, World Bank Group
Presenting the proceedings of the May 2003 World Bank Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE), the … and practitioners from around the world. Topics include Fostering Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth; Challenges of … include, Nicholas Stern, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank; Azim Hasham Premji, Chairman of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685718
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Economies in Transition : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance
Economics Research, World Bank Group; Operations …
. This report uses the benefit of 20/20 hindsight to evaluate the World Bank ' s assistance to 26 countries in the ECA Region … reviews World Bank assistance to the transition economies and some of the evaluative evidence on its outcome. Five themes were …
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Kyrgyz Republic : Enhancing Pro-poor Growth
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2003
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