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The U.S. Health Care Industry : Performance and Issues
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper describes how economic behavior in the market for health care in the United States is influenced by a range of impediments to the functioning of the price mechanism which impart an upward bias to health care costs and imply efficiency losses. The paper also considers how to reform the...
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Health and Development
International Monetary Fund - 2004
The past century has been marked by rapid advances in human welfare. People in most parts of the world are healthier and are living longer. While this trend is likely to continue, hopes are fading in some regions where progress slowed or stopped in the1990s, primarily as a result of the AIDS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398460
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Moreon the Effectiveness of Public Spendingon Health Care and Education : A Covariance Structure Model
International Monetary Fund - 2002
Using data for a sample of developing and transition countries, this paper estimates the relationship between government spending on health care and education, and social indicators. Unlike previous studies, where social indicators are used as proxies for the unobservable health and education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399239
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Proposal to Enhance Fund Support for Low-Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters
International Monetary Fund - 2015
The Fund's existing facilities for low-income countries (LICs) provide a vehicle for the speedy provision of financial assistance to member countries hit by natural disasters, either through the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) or through augmentation of the funding already being provided through...
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Proposal to Enhance Fund Support for Low-Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters : Proposed Decisions
International Monetary Fund - 2015
This paper sets forth the proposed decisions and related legal instruments that are needed to implement the transformation of the the Post-Catastrophe Debt Relief Trust (the 'PCDR Trust') into the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (the 'CCR Trust' or 'Trust'), as described in the Proposal...
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Republic of Korea: selected issues
Eskesen, Leif - 2010
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Opening and liberalization of markets in Africa - a response to globalization? : A policy dialogue ; Berlin, 1 - 3 December, 1998 ; summary report
Harris, Elliott (contributor) - 1999
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Financial globalization : a compilation of articles from Finance & development
Clift, Jeremy (contributor); Diehl, Elisa (contributor) - 2007
Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development … focuses on financial globalization, including the policy implications of the huge growth in cross-border capital flows …. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012673982
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International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2002 : Making the Global Economy Work for All
International Monetary Fund - 2002
This 2002 Annual Report describes world economic and financial developments in FY2002. During FY2002, the IMF faced important new challenges in an unusually unsettled world environment. After a period of strong expansion, the global economy experienced a widespread slowdown during the 2001...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400257
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International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2000 : Making the Global Economy Work for All
International Monetary Fund - 2000
The Annual Report 2000 to the Board of Governors reviews the IMF's activities, policies, and financial position during the financial year (May 1, 1999 through April 30, 2000), as well as developments in the world economy. The Annual Report 2000 highlights the efforts of the IMF, together with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402528