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This paper tells a story about conditions in Tanzania's hidden economy, the parts of the natural resource sector often ignored in conventional economic analyses and studies, and makes recommendations for future policy actions. The paper draws primarily from extensive background studies...
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Since independence, India has struggled to provide its people with universal health coverage. Whether defined in terms … of financial protection or access to and effective use of health care, the majority of Indians remain irregularly and … incompletely covered. Finally, and most recently, a new generation of Government-Sponsored Health Insurance Schemes (GSHISs) has …
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Argentina's youth, 6.7 million between the ages of 15 and 24, are an important, but to a certain extent untapped, resource for development. Over 2 million (31 percent) have already engaged in risky behaviors, and another 1 million (15 percent) are exposed to risk factors that are correlated with...
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This study reviews: (1) how levels of donor financing of the health sector in Somalia varied over the decade 2000 …-09, (2) which health interventions were prioritized by donors, and (3) how evenly health sector aid was distributed to the … different zones of Somalia. The overall aim of the study was to create evidence for donors, implementers, and health specialists …
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Contents of this report are: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and policy formulation by Kulsum Ahmed, and Ernesto Sanchez-Triana. Policy-level strategic environmental assessments: process integration and incentives of policy proponents by Leonard Ortolano. The continuous process of...
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The health workforce plays a key role in increasing access to health services for the poor in developing countries …. Recent evidence has demonstrated an important link between staffing levels and both service delivery and health outcomes … in Sub-Saharan Africa, are often well below those required to deliver essential health services. This study focuses on …
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; access to health services and education; and the ability to tap natural resources sustainably whether clean water, land for … levels, the health of mothers and children, and inroads in treating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, as well as assessing …
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-themes: Poverty, Education, Health, and Gender Equality. In doing so, the book reviews the theoretical channels, surveys existing … financial development and health, education, and gender equality. …
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financing to the health sector over the period 2000 to 2006. It thoroughly reviews the flows of funds in the complex aid … architecture of the Somalia health sector. The study on the 2000-06 aid flows to the health sector in Somalia is a first attempt to … financing varied over the years; which health interventions were prioritized by donors; and how evenly health sector aid was …
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Realizing the potential of Latin America and the Caribbean's (LAC) youth is essential not only to their well-being, but also to the long-term welfare of the whole region. Young people's families, communities, and governments as well as private, nonprofit, and international organizations, have a...
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