Ghana has made substantial progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) andcompares relatively well in health outcomes among its economic peers. Internationalcomparisons of government current health...
COVID-19 has posed huge challenges to government health budgets worldwide, from budget execution in an emergency pandemic environment to domestic resource mobilization amidst severe macro-fiscal pressures...
While high levels of political commitment to improve health outcomes in the state have ensured that Andhra Pradesh (AP) ranks fourth among the category of twenty-one large states in the NITI Aayog Health...
How the government of Maldives chooses to spend state revenues has consequences for the country’s future? Decisions on what, where, how, and how much governments spend on have a significant impact on a...
Metropolitan areas drive economies, yet the same elements that contribute to economic growth, such as industrialization accompanied by migrant influx, result in overcrowding and poor housing and sanitation...
Bangladesh allocates a much smaller share of the government budget to health than countries of similar income level. Reallocation is politically challenging but could offer the biggest potential source...
Robust public financial management (PFM) systems are crucial to ensure the efficacy and integrity of public health spending, thereby contributing to improved service coverage and financial protection...
Progressive realization of universal health coverage (UHC) is one of the important aspects of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The Government of India is fully committed to attaining...
Health systems are highly vulnerable to integrity violations. Government-sponsored health insurance schemes (GSHISs) in India have received a major policy focus with the Government of India launching the...
This paper draws lessons from anti-fraud experiences in social health insurance programs of six selected countries across the income spectrum: Indonesia, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Croatia, Turkey...
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...
A strong health financing system will be an important priority as Bangladesh seeks to meet theexpectations of its population and embrace its future as a middle-income country. The objective of this report...
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...
This report contributes not only to the existing literature, but also provides suggestions for future policy-design related to the TSA program in Georgia. This study shows that Georgia’s TSA program does...
Many countries around the world are moving toward universal health coverage, while navigating through periods of economic crisis. The impact of the economic downturn of 2008-09 on the health care sector...
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...
This report is about how to improve health system outcomes in countries in the ECA region. Its draws on a wealth of new evidence to explore the challenges facing health sectors in ECA. It highlights three...
The Mongolian red list of fishes is one of a number of publications resulting from activities under the World Bank's Netherlands-Mongolia Trust Fund for environmental reform. Freshwater biodiversity is...
The Mongolian red list of fishes is one of a number of publications resulting from activities under the World Bank's Netherlands-Mongolia Trust Fund for environmental reform. Freshwater biodiversity is...
This note analyzes the impact of the economic crisis in 2008 on poverty and well-being, government policies to mitigate the crisis, and possible future policies to better protect the poor and accelerate...