Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa … generating short-run income effects. The book develops a conceptual framework for analyzing public expenditures and their short … safety net programs and a chapter devoted solely to the vexing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, Public Expenditures, Growth …

such as expenditures or income. Nonetheless, little work has empirically compared poverty measurements based on assets and … expenditures. This paper uses panel data from Ethiopia to generate an asset-based poverty classification scheme. Regression results …

, infrastructure, health, and education. In recent years, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has conducted … have been brought together in a new book, Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty: Lessons from Developing Countries … agriculture, infrastructure, health, education, and social safety nets; recognizes that investments have a direct impact on …

This paper examines an innovative approach to access to and demand for quality health care from the poor. Using data … consultation with a qualified nongovernmental organization doctor, randomly offered by a health insurance provider to a subset of …

Healthcare financing through social health insurance has become a very important tool in providing access to and … utilization of health services in most developing countries such as Ghana. Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a … explore the challenges facing the District Mutual Health Insurance Schemes (DMHISs), how these challenges have been managed …

Community-based financial organizations (CBFOs) are user-owned and -operated groups that provide mainly saving and …

security, improved nutrition, and health. We conclude that the evidence remains insufficient to draw broad conclusions due to … and consumption as well as minimization of health risks; (3) multiple uses of irrigation water should be recognized in …) policy synergies between different sectors (agriculture, nutrition, health, water supply and sanitation, education) should be …