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Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These...
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The Production, Distribution, and Performance of Physicians, Nurses, and Midwives in Indonesia: An Update
Anderson, Ian; Meliala, Andreasta; Marzoeki, Puti; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Indonesia launched the national health insurance program - Jaminan Kesehatan National (JKN), on January 1, 2014, and aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2019. Achieving UHC means not only increasing the number of people covered but also expanding the benefits package and ensuring...
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The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2012
vulnerability. [UNICEF]. URL:[http://www.unicef.org/sowc2012/pdfs/SOWC-2012-Main-Report_EN_21Dec2011.pdf]. …
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Community Midwifery Education Program in Afghanistan
Mohmand, Khalil Ahmad - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
In the immediate post conflict period, Afghanistan's health services were in a deplorable and chaotic state. Access and utilization of reproductive health services and skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first month after delivery are key to saving those women at risk of dying due...
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2020 Focus briefs on the world's poor and hungry people:
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
?/Martin Ravallion. 9.Determinants of Pro-Poor Growth/Stephan Klasen. 10.Global Macroeconomic Development: The Implications for Poverty … Poverty and Hunger/Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo 28.Policies and Lessons for Reaching Indigenous Peoples in Development Programs …: Is It Possible to Overcome the Feasibility Dilemma?/Regina Birner 33.Scaling Up: A Path to Effective Development …
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The role of trade-led economic growth in fostering development: Lessons for the post-2015 development agenda
Priyadarshi, Shishir; Biswas, Trineesh - 2014
This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development … progress, and makes the case that the post-2015 development agenda should include considerations related to trade rules and … argues that trade led economic growth must be prioritised in the post-2015 development agenda. …
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Eight strategies for development in comparison
Priewe, Jan - 2015
The article provides a broad-based overview on competing development strategies and the economic performance of … developing countries, mainly since the year 2000. Four traditional mainstream development strategies are discussed (Washington … outward development with export-led growth, industrialisation or growth with predominant primary goods exports, foreign …
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The role of the concept of sustainable development and its indicators in a study on the progress of the new UN goals
Szyja, Paulina - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 18 (2018) 1, pp. 387-409
, economic and environmental situation. The Sustainable Development Goals are not the first priorities announced for the world …. In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were adopted. They dealt with important issues of the day, encouraging the … concept of sustainable development. Secondly, it uses the indicators as the main instruments to assess the progress in …
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The role of trade-led economic growth in fostering development: Lessons for the post-2015 development agenda
Priyadarshi, Shishir; Biswas, Trineesh - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development … progress, and makes the case that the post-2015 development agenda should include considerations related to trade rules and … argues that trade led economic growth must be prioritised in the post-2015 development agenda. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115147
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Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down-Working Paper 338
Pritchett, Lant; Kenny, Charles - 2013
The approach of 2015, the target date of the Millennium Development Goals, sets the stage for a global reengagement on … the question of “what is development?” We argue that the post-2015 development framework for development should include … Millennium Development Ideals which put into measurable form the high aspirations countries have for the well-being of their …
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