El presente articulo revisa conceptos teoricos sobre el gasto social y desarrolla los dos posibles "errores" de un programa social: excluir a quienes lo necesitan e incluir a quienes no lo requieren. Las transferencias de recursos tienen "efectos incentivos", los cuales generan en la poblacion...

Sri Lanka's health system has a long track record of strong performance. This case study describes the main features and achievements of Sri Lanka's high-performing health system, to distill lessons for the rest of the world. UNICO case studies focus on a particular health coverage program. In...

India's health sector continues to be challenged by overall low levels of public financing, entrenched accountability issues in the public delivery system, and the persistent dominance of out-of-pocket spending. In this context, this case study describes three recent initiatives introduced by...

Georgia launched its Medical Insurance Program (MIP) for the poor in 2006. This program draws from general tax revenues to provide comprehensive, means-tested health insurance to the poorest 20 percent of the population as identified by a proxy means test. The government contracts private...