on the cyclical patterns of government health spending. This descriptive analysis, which covers 183 countries between … 1995 and 2010, provides empirical evidence on the cyclicality of government health expenditures, using panel data from a … global macro database, the fiscal health database. The objective is to propose user-friendly diagnostic approaches in this …

Afghanistan's health services in the immediate post conflict period were in a deplorable and chaotic state. In 2002 … reproductive health services and skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first month after delivery. These services are … only from female providers, one barrier to expansion of services was the lack of qualified female health workers to deploy …

The aim of this volume is to draw international attention to the key role that education can play in both preventing … the devastating consequences of conflict on a country's education systems and outcomes, as well to emphasize the … importance of maximizing the opportunities to reform education systems presented by a reconstruction setting, adopting a long …