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The health of women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Levine, Ruth - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524137
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Wealth from health linking social investments to earnings in Latin America
Savedoff, William D. (ed.); Schultz, T. Paul (contributor) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013552244
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Cash Transfers and Anemia Among Women of Reproductive Age
Schady, Norbert - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency in the world, affecting more than 2 billion people in developing countries. We show that a modest cash transfer substantially reduced anemia among women of reproductive age in rural Ecuador.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944497
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Cash Transfers and Anemia Among Women of Reproductive Age
Schady, Norbert - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency in the world, affecting more than 2 billion people in developing countries. We show that a modest cash transfer substantially reduced anemia among women of reproductive age in rural Ecuador.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653877
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Early Nutrition and Cognition in Peru: A Within-Sibling Investigation
Outes-Leon, Ingo; Porter, Catherine; Sánchez, Alan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper examines the causal link between early childhood nutrition and cognition, applying instrumental variables to sibling-differences for a sample of preschool aged Peruvian children. Child-specific shocks in the form of food price changes and household shocks during the critical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944533
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Demand-Side Incentives for Better Health for the Poor: Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
Glassman, Amanda; Gaarder, Marie Moland; Todd, Jessica - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
paper will critically analyze the program effect model with respect to health and nutrition outcomes, present the health and … nutrition evaluation results to date, draw some conclusions regarding the use of CCT programs to improve health and nutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198428
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The Use of Effective Coverage in the Evaluation of Maternal and Child Health Programs: A Technical Note for the IDB's Social Protection and Health Division
Colston, Josh - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Effective coverage is a measure of health system performance that combines three aspects of health care service …, methodological issues are discussed and the implications for the evaluation of SPH's projects in maternal and child health are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320030
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Best Practices in Intercultural Health
O'Neill, John; Bartlett, Judith; Mignone, Javier - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
-American Development Bank's policy and strategy regarding indigenous health issues. The paper's conceptual approach and good practice … research helped focus the discussion on the importance of intercultural health practices to promote indigenous peoples' access … to allopathic health as well as to strengthen those traditional health practices based on indigenous peoples' own …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323773
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What Do You Mean?: Conceptual Clarity in Social Policy
Magnoli, Alessandro - Inter-American Development Bank
Efficiency and equity are priorities in the social policies of both industrial and developing countries. This study examines how different value judgments lead to different concepts of efficiency and equity and demonstrates that conceptual clarity can improve social services delivery.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943384