This study analyses and compares child health in Pakistan, Peru, Jamaica, Russia and South Africa. These countries … health, and in the nature and magnitude of the effects of its determinants. …

-developed countries (LDCs) have had to cut back social spending, including spending on government health programs. As a result, these … countries have been forced to explore alternative means fo financing health services, including greater recovery of costs in the … government health sector via user fees. …

This paper analyzes the effect of quality and accessibility of health services and other public infrastructure on the … health of children in Ghana. We focus on child survival, child height and weight using data from the Ghana Living Standards … Survey. The results suggest an important role for public health policy in eliminating the rural-urban disparities in health …

-developed countries (LDCs) have had to cut back social spending, including spending on government health programs. As a result, these … countries have been forced to explore alternative means fo financing health services, including greater recovery of costs in the … government health sector via user fees. …

The paper uses cross-country regression analysis to assess health effects of structural adjustment reforms in …

This volume contains thirteen papers prepared for the World Bank Conference on Innovations in Health Care Financing … for financing health care systems in developing countries. …

estimates based on household surveys of the productive payoff in Sub-Saharan Africa to nutrition and health, as proxied by adult …