financing systems. This paper investigates the impact of these schemes on out-of-pocket spending based on three rounds of … nationally representative data from Rwanda. We estimate an Extended Two-Part Model to address endogeniety in insurance enrollment … increases outpatient spending with no detectable impact on inpatient services. Furthermore, we find notable heterogeneity in …

Africa’s Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macro-economic outlook for the region … is produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region.This issue is an analysis of issues shaping Africa …'s economic future. Growth remains stable in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries are seeing a slowdown, but the region's economic …

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa has been severe; however, countries are weathering …

Sub-Saharan Africa's recovery from the pandemic is expected to decelerate in 2022 amid a slowdown in global economic … linkages with Russia and Ukraine, the war in Ukraine might have a marginal impact on economic growth and on overall poverty … impact is on the increasing likelihood of civil strife as a result of food- and energy-fueled inflation amid an environment …