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Unconditional Demand for Health Care in Cote d'Ivoire. Does Selection on Health Status Matter?
Dow, W.H. - World Bank Group - 1996
Health care demand price elasticies are often estimated from samples conditioned to include only sike people. This paper shows that not only may such estimates be statistically biased, but even when properly estimated they can only be interpreted as short-run price responses.
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Phasing Out Lead From Gasoline. Worldwide Experience and Policy Implications
Lovei, M. - World Bank Group - 1998
Human exposure to lead represents a serious environmental health problem in many urban areas. Based on a review of health and technical issues, th is report points out that the phase-out of lead from gasoline is a desirable policy measure which can yield significant social benefits. Country...
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From Universal Food Subsidies to a Self-Targeted Program: A Case Study in Tunisian Reform.
Tuck, L.; Lindert, K. - World Bank Group - 1996
Outlines Tunisia' innovative strategy of reducing the budgetary costs of food subsidies in a manner that is politically acceptable and that protects the nutritional status of the poor. The government uses "self-targeted programs," whereby subsidies are shifted to items consumed primarily by...
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A Survey of Health Reform in Central Asia.
Klugman, J; Schieber, G - World Bank Group - 1996
This paper surveys health reform in the former Soviet countries of Central Asia. Reform efforts are evaluated in the context of achieving the goals of improving people's health status, maintaining acces and equity, improving efficiency, increasing clinical effectiveness, and assuring quality and...
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World Bank HIV/AIDS Interventions. Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Evaluation
Dayton, J. - World Bank Group - 1998
This paper evaluates World Bank activities to prevent and mitigate the effects of AIDS in all regions of the developing world during fiscal years 1986 to 1996. It first proritizes HIV-prevention and treatment interventions using the principles of public economies. Based on this framework, it...
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Uganda's AIDS Crisis. Its Implications for Development.
Armstrong, J. - World Bank Group - 1995
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Improving Women's Health Services in the Russian Federation. Results of a Pilot Project
STephenson, P.; Donnay, F.; Frolova, O.; Melnick, T.; … - World Bank Group - 1998
The health of Russian women has suffered during the economic crisis of recent years. Morbidity and mortality from chronic and infectious diseases has increased. Women's reproductive health has been compromised by an increase in the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and by lack of access...
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Tajikistan Country Gender Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
Tajikistan has a lot to show in terms of creating an enabling policy framework for gender equity, yet large gendered … unprecedented manner and aggravates existing gender challenges. This report is presenting achievements made and challenges still to … be addressed in view of gender-equity in Tajikistan, based on a desk study covering using most recent material from …
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Malaysia Country Gender Note 2021
World Bank Group - 2021
The Malaysia Country Gender Diagnostic Note will serve as a guide to identify the priority areas for the World Bank … country office in Malaysia to address the gender equality challenges in meeting the country's aspirations and next stage of … on gender issues. This note has strived to obtain the most current data. Where 2019 to 2020 micro-data is not available …
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Malawi Economic Monitor, December 2021 : Addressing Macro and Gender Imbalances
World Bank Group - 2021
After several months of low COVID-19 case numbers, Malawi is facing a fourth wave. While an increasing share of the global population is protected by vaccines, only about 6.5 percent of the population is vaccinated in Malawi, increasing the country's vulnerability to the virus. The Government...
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