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Out-of-pocket expenditures on health : a global stocktake

Wagstaff, Adam; Eozenou, Patrick; Smitz, Marc - 2019

This paper provides an overview of research on out-of-pocket health expenditures, reviewing the various summary measures and the results of multi-country studies using these measures. The paper presents estimates for 146 countries from all World Bank income groups for all summary measures, along...

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Understanding the geographical distribution of stunting in Tanzania : a geospatial analysis of the 2015-16 demographic and health survey

Josepha, George; Gething, Peter W.; Bhatt, Samir; … - 2019

Tanzania is home to the third highest population of stunted children in Sub-Saharan Africa, with about 2.7 million children under the age of five failing to reach their full potential of growth attainment compared with the reference population as per the World Health Organization standards....

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Lobbying and agricultural trade policy in the United States

Gawande, Kishore S.; Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2006

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Foreign informational lobbying can enhance tourism : evidence from the Caribbean

Gawande, Kishore S.; Maloney, William F.; Montes Rojas, … - 2009

"There exist legal channels for informational lobbying of U.S. policymakers by foreign principals. Foreign governments … issues. This paper empirically studies whether such lobbying effectively achieves its goal of trade promotion in the context … of Caribbean tourism, and suggests the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. Panel data are …