Safeguarding the health sector in times of macroeconomic instability : policy lessons for low- and middle-income countries

editors: Slim Haddad, Enis Baris, Delampady Narayana

Safeguarding the Health Sector in Times of Macroeconomic Instability presents the results of an international initiative to document the effects of how health systems in the developing world have responded to macroeconomic austerity and adjustment measures. Are these systems flexible and resilient to changes or are they rigid? In which circumstances and under which conditions do health systems respond favourably or unfavourably? What are the success stories? Country studies from Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, India, Thailand, Mexico, and Colombia discuss lessons learned and identify policy measures f

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Year of publication:	c2007
Other Persons:	Narayana, Delampady L. (contributor) ; Baris, Enis (contributor) ; Haddad, Slim (contributor)
Publisher:	Trenton, N.J : International Development Research Centre
Subject:	Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Gesundheitswesen \| Health care system \| Gesundheitspolitik \| Health policy \| Gesundheitsreform \| Health care reform \| Wirtschaftspolitik \| Economic policy \| Wirtschaftliche Anpassung \| Economic adjustment \| Entwicklungspolitik \| Development policy

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xii, 360 p) ill., maps 22 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 The MAPHealth Project: A Multi-Country Initiative; CHAPTER 2 Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies and Health Sector Reform: Surveying the Literature; CHAPTER 3 Methodological Issues in Evaluating Public Policy; CHAPTER 4 Health Sector Reform under Macroeconomic Adjustment in Burkina Faso: Lost Opportunities?; CHAPTER 5 Aiming for Equity in Colombia's Health System Reform: Achievements and Continuing Challenges; CHAPTER 6 Adjustment and Health Sector Reforms: The Solution to Low Public Spending on Health Care in India? CHAPTER 7 High Health Achievements and Good Access to Health Care at Great Cost: The Emerging Kerala SituationCHAPTER 8 Reform without Structural Change: Conserving Traditional Sources of Power and Prestige in Mexico's Segmented Health Market; CHAPTER 9 The Evolution of Thailand's Health System after Three Crises, Three Adjustments, and Three Decades of Growth; CHAPTER 10 Striving to Safeguard a Health System Undermined by Adjustment: Policy Lessons from Zimbabwe; CHAPTER 11 Political Will and Adaptive Strategies: Keys to Safeguarding the Health Sector in Times of Macroeconomic Instability ContributorsIndex; The MAPhealth project: a multi-country initiative -- Macroeconomic adjustment policies and health sector reform: surveying the literature -- Methodological issues in evaluating public policy -- Health sector reform under macroeconomic adjustment in Burkina Faso: lost opportunities? -- Aiming for equity in Colombia's health system reform: achievements and continuing challenges -- Adjustment and health sector reforms: the solution to low public spending on health care in India? -- High health achievements and good access to health care at great cost: the emerging Kerala situation -- Reform without structural change: conserving traditional sources of power and prestige in Mexico's segmented health market -- The evolution of Thailand's health system after three crises, three adjustments, and three decades of growth -- Safeguarding the health sector in times of macroeconomic instability: policy lessons from Zimbabwe -- Political will and adaptive strategies: keys to safeguarding health in diverse cases with varied reforms. Electronic document; Available by subscription via World Wide Web
ISBN:	1-59221-596-3 ; 1-59221-597-1 ; 978-1-59221-596-6 ; 978-1-59221-597-3 ; 978-1-55250-370-6 ; 978-1-59221-597-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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