This report builds on a joint WHO-World Bank initiative on budget execution challenges (described in more detail in Appendix 1). Following the introduction, section 2 provides an overview of core concepts from both a public financial management perspective and a health financing perspective and...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many national governments face significant macrofiscal challenges that make increasing resources for NCDs and mental health more difficult. Hence, the challenge for the coming years is to improve financing for NCDs and mental health in the context of tighter...

This policy brief reviews the options for increasing funding for NCDs and mental healthfrom the perspective of health ministries, finance ministries, and development agencies.This policy brief complements another policy brief, Financing for NCDs and mental health:making the money work better,...

This guide was prepared for policy-makers at all levels of government and those who support them, such as technical units, experts and scientific advisory groups and teams responsible for collecting and managing various sources of national and subnational data. The guide is also relevant to the...

Efforts to understand and address the linkages between behavior and health outcomes have been an area of engagement in public health for decades. This joint report from the World Bank and the World Health Organization examines the complex ways in which behavior shapes health outcomes, the...