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Reprioritizing Government Spending on Health: Pushing an Elephant Up the Stairs?
Tandon, Ajay; Fleisher, Lisa; Li, Rong; Yap, Wei Aun - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
defense, education, and infrastructure. To date, empirical work on prioritization has been sparse: available cross …
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Guinea; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers on Guinea explains medium-term development framework to achieve Millennium Development Goals and fulfill the authorities’ vision of Guinea as an emerging economy in 15 to 25 years, respectful of human rights and gender equality and...
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Bangladesh; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers are prepared by member countries in broad consultation with stakeholders and development partners, including the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF. Updated with annual progress reports, they describe the countries macroeconomic, structural, and social...
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Managerial competencies of head and department nurses in facultative hospital Brno Bohunice
Kotrba, Tomáš - In: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales 12 (2009) 1, pp. 99-108
democratic managerial style of department and head nurses. Nurses in management positions are quite satisfied with their … in management and human resource management courses. According to the results of this questionnaire research (the … evaluation of nurses and self evaluation of department nurses and head nurses management competencies are on good level in …
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The Welfare Implications of Health Capital Investment
Holland, Sara B. - In: Quarterly Journal of Finance (QJF) 04 (2014) 02, pp. 1450007-1
workers consume more health care than is efficient ex post when firms provide health insurance. Unlike the benchmark model of …
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Gender, shocks, and resilience:
Kumar, Neha; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277422
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Intergenerational Contracts and Time Consistency: Implications for Policy Settings and Governance in the Social Welfare System
Evans, Lewis; Quigley, Neil - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2013
In this paper we explore the question of the sustainability of the intergenerational contract that is represented by the current structure of social welfare. We argue that sustainability and time consistency of social welfare policies could be improved by more explicit recognition of the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723256
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Welfare-Improving Asymmetric Information in a Dynamic Insurance Market
de Garidel, T. - Laval - Laboratoire Econometrie - 1997
We provide a two-period model of competition in insurance market under incomplete information. Each agent, together …
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Vietnam: Learning from Smart Reforms on the Road to Universal Health Coverage
Barroy, Helene; Jarawan, Eva; Bales, Sarah - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Universal Health Coverage is a powerful framework for a nation aiming to protect their population against health risks. However, countries face multiple challenges in implementing, achieving and sustaining UHC strategies. Sharing and learning from diverse country experiences may enable to foster...
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Bangladesh: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty reduction. Gender equality and women's empowerment are important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213934