The extent of premature death and ill health in the developing world is staggering. In 2000 almost 11 million children … the developing world. Death and ill health on such a scale are matters of concern in their own right. They are also a … brake on economic development. These concerns led the international community to put health at the center of the Millennium …

applied to two contemporaneous World Bank health projects that set out to target assistance on approximately one-half of … Vietnam's provinces. Aid is not apparently fungible between Vietnam's health sector and other sectors, but is fungible across … provinces within the health sector. Differences-in-differences yield an insignificant impact on infant mortality, while the use …

applied to two contemporaneous World Bank health projects that set out to target assistance on approximately one-half of … Vietnam's provinces. Aid is not apparently fungible between Vietnam's health sector and other sectors, but is fungible across … provinces within the health sector. Differences-in-differences yield an insignificant impact on infant mortality, while the use …

estimates the benefits of two concurrent World Bank health projects in Vietnam targeted on specific provinces. Estimates are …

applied to two contemporaneous World Bank health projects that set out to target assistance on approximately one-half of … Vietnam's provinces. Aid is not apparently fungible between Vietnam's health sector and other sectors, but is fungible across … provinces within the health sector. Differences-in-differences yield an insignificant impact on infant mortality, while the use …