This paper presents the results of two field experiments on local accountability in primary health care in Uganda … beneficiary control without providing information on performance had no impact on quality of care or health outcomes. The paper … significant improvements in health care delivery and health outcomes in both the short and the longer run. Efforts to stimulate …

quantity of health service delivery resulted from an increased effort by the staff to serve the community. Overall, the results …This paper analyzes the importance of strengthening the relationship of accountability between health service providers … and citizens for improving access to and quality of health care. How this is to be achieved, and whether it works, however …

Although the importance of diet quality for improving child health is widely recognized, the roles of environmental … a policy framework. Moreover, nutrient intakes gradually affect child health, so it is helpful to use alternative tools …

This survey of the state of research on relations between health and economic development discusses first research on … how development affects health and then research on how health affects development. Central assumptions include: (A …) Health is produced by households, along with a number of other valued goods, as a function of the resources the household has …

providing social accountability training and information on project performance can lead to improvements in local development … projects. It finds that offering communities a combination of training and information on project quality leads to significant … improvements in household welfare. However, providing either social accountability training or project quality information by …

survey data, this paper analyzes nonmonetary dimensions of poverty in Uganda for levels and trends, to explore whether the … Uganda's progress in reducing poverty is strongly reflected in several nonmonetary indicators of poverty. The analysis finds … paper also examines whether progress has been as fast as would be expected, given Uganda's impressive performance in …

Uganda?s economy underwent significant structural change in the 2000s whereby the share of non-tradable services in …

This paper presents direct evidence on the quality of health care in low-income settings using a unique and original …