and poverty-orientation. I first summarize economic data on the effects of decentralisation in each. In Bolivia …

case in point is Tanzania which has piloted a mobile phone-based Management Information System (MIS) for the control of …

regression techniques were used to estimate the effect of household, cluster and state characteristics on the proportion of … maternal health care expenditures over total household expenditures. Over 80 % of households reported paying for maternal … according to the level of health care utilisation, and with considerable heterogeneity at the household and community levels …

“household”, may have multiple criteria which are not fulfilled by everyone, leading interviewers to prioritise different … interviewer-respondent social dynamics play a substantial role in determining who is included in household surveys, and in shaping … Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal and Burkina Faso. RESULTS Despite comprehensive training manuals and definitions, interviewers …

-income families, looking specifically at the effects on poverty, family expenditures, and child health and development. The paper … finds some commonalities but also some notable differences. Common to both countries is a sizable reduction in child poverty …, although the reduction in child poverty in the US has been less, and some families appear to have been left behind. Expenditure …