This case study describes Bangladesh’s success story using the standardized approach used by the Universal Health Coverage Studies Series (UNICO Studies Series) to provide a balanced account of the key...
This paper describes the health financing policies used today by African countries to expand health coverage. It identifies key health financing policies used by African countries and measures the existence...
The last few years have seen a growing commitment worldwide to universal health coverage (UHC). Yet there is a lack of clarity on how to measure progress towards UHC. This paper proposes a ‘mashup’ index...
This book is based on systematic data collection among 26 universal health coverage (UHC) programs across 24 countries in the UHC studies. The main objective of this report is to document and analyze the...
The past half-century has seen enormous changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of about 160 million people, less than today's...
The past half-century has seen enormous changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of about 160 million people, less than today's...
The note describes the importance of population aging world-wide, clarifying its prevalence among middle- and low-income countries, which suggests that many developing countries are getting old before...
This paper documents a review of results monitoring in the portfolio of the Latin America and Caribbean Region Human Development Department (LCSHD) of the World Bank. While several aspects of results monitoring...
At the beginning of 2007, the World Bank published the book titled Por una educacion de calidad para el Peru "(Towards quality education in Peru)". The book was widely distributed and its main findings...
At the beginning of 2007, the World Bank published the book titled Por una educacion de calidad para el Peru "(Towards quality education in Peru)". The book was widely distributed and its main findings...
This note describes the experience of RECURSO - the Spanish acronym for Accountability for Social Reform (REndicion de CUentas para la Reforma SOcial), a successful effort to create the missing link: high...
Peru's famously high levels of infant mortality are concentrated among the poor. In recent years, health outcomes have begun to improve - partly resulted from the overall improvement in incomes and living...
A combination of economic development, improved education, increased access to safe water, and improved basic health programs has enabled Honduras to improve the health status of its population over the...
The purpose of the study is to explore the relation between the formal, nonformal, and informal education that farmers in Peru have received and their subsequent efficiency as farm operators. Education...