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A consensus exists that rising income levels and technological development are among the key drivers of total health … impact of national income and fiscal capacity on health spending. The author apply a two-way fixed effects and two … spending in high-income countries. Furthermore, the author find that development assistance for health (DAH) substitutes for …
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drawn from the household income and expenditure survey, the poverty situation, gender inequality, and poverty reduction …
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was 29 million and per capita income US $268. Economic growth was estimated at 3.6 percent in 2013, down from 14.4 percent …
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Sri Lanka is an island nation with a population of 20 million. In 2012, per capita income was US $2,923. From 2003 to …
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in access to skilled birth attendant remain by geography and wealth quintile. Poor nutrition is a serious issue for …
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Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and implement it. This paper attempts to fill this gap by providing some general policy recommendations on this important issue. While most of the paper addresses the Eastern...
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This note analyzes levels and trends of health expenditures by country, income group, and region in the context of … expenditures and revenues exhibit more variation across both income groups and region than the income elasticity. Controlling for … during this period. In general, there is little variation in the average income elasticity's of total, government, and out …
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Benin has been implementing a national poverty reduction strategy for sustainable human development. The government of Benin judiciously stressed the development of the social sector and improved governance to develop human resources and enhance the effectiveness of its actions so as to lay the...
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Many Asian countries (such as China, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines) will experience a significant aging of their populations during the next several decades. This paper explores how these aging Asian countries are addressing and anticipating the...
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This paper on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) explains macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction, as well as associated external financing needs and major sources of financing. The...
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