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For Better Quality and More Integrated Primary Health Care Services through Harnessing the Private Sector in Sindh Province : Options Paper

World Bank Group - 2019

Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in Pakistan, as in most countries, will require strengthened collaboration between the public and private sectors, as the public sector often does not have the flexibility nor the fiscal space to grow service delivery capacity at sufficient pace and...

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Karnataka : A Rapid Private Health Sector Assessment

World Bank Group - 2005

This paper presents a rapid private health sector assessment for Karnataka. Karnataka is a middle-tier Indian state with most state-wide health indicators mirroring those for the nation as a whole. In addition to these health statistics, more than half of Karnataka's children suffer from...

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Bihar : A Rapid Private Health Sector Assessment

World Bank Group - 2005

There is little current information available on private health facilities in Bihar. Government has little to do with the private sector and no recent attempts have been made to survey the private formal or informal sectors. However, we know that the private sector is the dominant force in...

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The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications

World Bank Group - 2018

Indonesia has one of the highest rates of cigarette consumption in the world. Tobacco use heavily burdens population health, undermines the quest for universal health coverage, and inflicts heavy direct and indirect economic costs. Higher tobacco taxes to increase cigarette prices contribute to...

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Closing the Gap : Gender, Transport, and Employment in Mumbai

World Bank Group - 2021

Until recently, transport planning and design were regarded as gender neutral that is, they were assumed to benefit men and women equally. There is now increasing recognition that women experience mobility differently from men. This policy note, strives to improve our understanding of the...

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The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in IndonesiaPolicy Note

World Bank Group - 2017

This report is part of the Indonesia Tobacco Employment Studies implemented by the World Bank and the American Cancer Society. The findings from this report complement the findings from three closely-related reports focusing on specific segments of tobacco sector employment in Indonesia: tobacco...

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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Georgia Country Case Study

World Bank Group - 2020

thus less dependent on China's BRI overland corridors for trade, investment and growth. Nevertheless, the Georgian … government is investing in the one BRI corridor China, Europe route that passes through the Caucuses, partly because it provides … a faster route to China. The potential for larger volume of Chinese transit cargo on this route may also be attractive …

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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Armenia Country Case Study

World Bank Group - 2020

Armenia is a small land-locked mountainous country with relatively difficult access to regional and global markets. The borders with Azerbaijan in the east and with Turkey in the southwest and west are closed. Only the borders with Georgia in the north and Iran in the south are open for trade...

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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Uzbekistan Country Case Study

World Bank Group - 2020

Uzbekistan is a resource-rich country with a relatively young population of 33 million, the largest in Central Asia. It is also a geographic pivot for the region, bordering all other Central Asian countries and Afghanistan, with transit connections in all directions. As a double landlocked...

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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Kyrgyz Republic Country Case Study

World Bank Group - 2020

: importing goods through both formal and informal trade systems, mainly from China, and re-exporting (in few cases with some …

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