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Politics, policies, and the effectiveness of foreign aid in fragile states
Ocran, Matthew Kofi - 2023
effectiveness in fragile states. Using data from 2002 to 2020, this paper examines the effects of education aid and health aid on … education outcomes and health outcomes in fragile states. It uses the Arellano-Bover/Blundell-Bond system generalized method of … moments estimator to examine the effect of health aid and education aid on maternal mortality and primary school completion …
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Analysing the determinants of health aid allocation in sub-Saharan Africa
Tagem, Abrams M. E. - 2017
Aid allocation studies typically find considerable heterogeneity in donors’ allocation patterns; be it for total Official Development Assistance (ODA) or sector-specific aid. This paper investigates the underlying factors influencing donors’ selection and actual allocation decisions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757537
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Analysing the aid effectiveness on the living standard : a check-up on Southeast Asian countries
I., Zareena Begum; Nehra, Arpita - In: Journal of urban management 5 (2016) 1, pp. 23-31
The present research work aims to analyse the effect that the disaggregated developmental aid has had on the health status and the standard of living in the urban sector after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established. Infant Mortality and Improved sanitation facilities are taken...
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Public charge in the time of coronavirus
Tepepa, Martha - 2020
prevention of communicable diseases. In addition to the systemic obstacles noncitizens face in their access to healthcare, recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199397
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Tracking Chinese aid through China customs : darlings and orphans after the COVID-19 outbreak
Fuchs, Andreas; Kaplan, Lennart; Kis-Katos, Krisztina; … - 2022
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China's mask and vaccine diplomacy have been widely discussed, but the debate relies on a few stylized data points. This article introduces a systematic way to measure China's foreign aid in almost real-time through official customs records of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013359149
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The Health Impact Fund : More Justice and Efficiency in Global Health
Pogge, Thomas - 2012
Some 18 million people die annually from poverty-related causes. Many more are suffering grievously from treatable medical conditions. These burdens can be substantially reduced by supplementing the rules governing pharmaceutical innovation. Established by the World Trade Organization's TRIPS...
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Who carries the burden of reproductive health and AIDS programs? : evidence from OECD donor countries
Dalen, Hendrik P. van - 2005
This paper tries to establish who carries the burden in supporting reproductive health and AIDS programs worldwide. The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo established goals for the expansion of assistance in matters of reproductive health and AIDS. This...
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Lessons for Health Care Policy in the United States : Comparing Health Care Systems
Aspalter, Christian - 2012
This paper compares health care systems. It looks beyond normal academic, political, or journalistic rhetoric, by exactly sticking to facts, i.e. empirical data (in particular data provided by the WHO) and comprehensive case study analyses. The paper finds that a number of myths and common...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113512
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Improving China's Health Care System
Herd, Richard - 2010
Overall, health outcomes in China have improved tremendously over the past three decades, especially thanks to the reduction in some traditional infectious diseases. However, death rates from chronic diseases have been on the rise, not least owing to changes in life styles and deteriorating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444453
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Fostering participation in digital public health interventions : the case of digital contact tracing
Rehse, Dominik; Tremöhlen, Felix - 2020
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has made all the more clear that public health is a public good. Public health interventions try to encourage contributions to this public good. Digital public health interventions are increasingly being used to complement traditional public health interventions. The...
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