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Maternal and Child Health Out-of-Pocket Expenditure and Service Readiness in Lao PDR : Evidence for the National Free Maternal and Child Health Policy from a Household and Health C...
World Bank Group - 2016
Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …
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Fixing Markets, Not Prices : Policy Options to Tackle Economic Cartels in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2021
Collusive agreements among competitors create unmitigated harm. When competitors agree to limit competition, id est to form economic cartels, the poor pay up to 50 percent more for essential goods, growth is stymied as competitiveness and productivity declines, and public policies become less...
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The Gradual Rise and Rapid Decline of the Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reported over 30 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and around 960,000 deaths as of May 2021. Official tracking data shows that Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina have the highest number of reported cases throughout LAC, which in turn is the region with among...
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Maximizing Finance for Development : Impact Bonds for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2022
The maximizing finance for development (MFD) approach can be implemented to close the financing gap in the water and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, helping the region in getting closer to achieving sustainable development goal (SDG 6), particularly if emphasis is put on...
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Impact of COVID-19 on Financial Reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic represents the largest economic shock the world economy has witnessed in decades, causing a collapse in global activity. Nevertheless, there are signs that global activities are stabilizing, and have picked up in many large emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs)....
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From Waste to Resource - Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean : Background Paper I. Efficient and Effective Management of Wate...
World Bank Group - 2019
This background paper is part of the supporting material for the report "From Waste to Resource: Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean," a product of the "Wastewater: from waste to resource," an initiative of the World Bank Water Global Practice
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From Waste to Resource - Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean : Background Paper IV. Policy, Regulatory, and Institutional Inc...
World Bank Group - 2019
This background paper is part of the supporting material for the report "From Waste to Resource: Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean," a product of the "Wastewater: from waste to resource," an initiative of the World Bank Water Global Practice
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From Waste to Resource - Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean : Background Paper V. Financial Incentives for the Development o...
World Bank Group - 2019
This background paper is part of the supporting material for the report "From Waste to Resource: Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean," a product of the "Wastewater: from waste to resource," an initiative of the World Bank Water Global Practice
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From Waste to Resource - Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean : Background Paper VI. Market Potential and Business Models for...
World Bank Group - 2019
This background paper is part of the supporting material for the report "From Waste to Resource: Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean," a product of the "Wastewater: from waste to resource," an initiative of the World Bank Water Global Practice
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646936
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Water and Sanitation Services : Achieving Sustainable Outcomes with Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2016
Indigenous peoples in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) are 10 to 25 percent less likely to have access to piped water and 26 percent less likely to have access to improved sanitation solutions than the region's non-indigenous population. Historically, Indigenous peoples have been...
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