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The role of public health insurance in protecting against the costs of ill health : evidence from Mexico

Sáenz de Miera Juárez, Belén - 2017

consumption after severe health shocks, as well as the contribution of public health insurance in the form of social security and … are associated with large declines in non-medical consumption. Social security seems to provide protection against both … consumption against accidents. This suggests that income losses associated with disability shocks, for which the programme does …

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Health shocks and coping strategies : state health insurance scheme of Andhra Pradesh, India

Dhanaraj, Sowmya - 2014

The objectives of the study are three-fold: to investigate who are vulnerable to welfare loss from health shocks, what are the household responses to cope with the economic burden of health shocks and if policy responses like state health insurance schemes are effective in reducing the economic...

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The politics of promoting social protection in Zambia

Pruce, Kate; Hickey, Sam - 2016

This paper examines the rise of the social protection agenda in Zambia, and demonstrates that this has two alternative drivers: shifting dynamics within Zambia's political settlement and the promotional efforts of a transnational policy coalition. We compare the cases of social cash transfers...

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Does HIV/AIDS matter for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa?

Mveyange, Anthony; Skovsgaard, Christian; Lesner, Tine - 2015

Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in...

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Two decades of Tanzanian health policy : examining policy developments and opportunities through a gender lens

Lambin, Roosa; Nyyssölä, Milla - 2022

Tanzania has undertaken important health sector reforms in the new millennium, and the most recent Health Sector Strategic Plan (2021-26) lays out ambitious targets to achieve universal health coverage. Yet, women in Tanzania continue to face significant barriers in accessing healthcare and the...

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Shifting from deductions to credits : unpacking the distributional effects of medical expenditure considerations in South Africa

Nhamo, Senia; Mudimu, Edinah - 2020

The recent National Health Insurance White Paper proposes redirection of medical tax credits revenue towards the financing of the national health insurance. This raises critical questions about the impact on affordability for the poor as well as fundamental legal implications. The 2012 tax...

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Fifty years of Asian experience in the spread of education and healthcare

Mundle, Sudipto - 2018

This paper analyses the dramatic spread of education and healthcare in Asia and also the large variations in that spread across and within countries over 50 years. Apart from differences in initial conditions and income levels, the nature of the state has also been an important determinant of...

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Public-private co-operation for gas provision in poor neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires : impact on housing improvements and health

Goytia, Cynthia; Pasquini, Ricardo; Sanguinetti, Pablo José - 2011

This study examines the programme Redes Solidarias, a public-private initiative that connected to natural pipelined gas 4,000 households in the Great Buenos Aires Area during 2005. The main features of the institutional framework are described and the main results of an impact estimation...

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On the distributional implications of social protection reforms in Latin America

Barrientos, Armando - 2011

The paper tracks recent changes in the components of social protection in Latin America, the reforms to social insurance in the 1990s and the growth of social assistance in the 2000s, and assesses their effects on poverty and inequality and implications for welfare institutions in the region....

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Inequality trends and their determinants : Latin America over 1990 - 2010

Cornia, Giovanni Andrea - 2012

The paper reviews the steady and widespread decline in income inequality which has taken place in most of Latin America over 2002-10 and which - if continued for another 2-3 years - would reduce the average regional income inequality to pre-liberalization levels. The paper then focuses on the...

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