Beyond the City evaluates the contribution of rural development and policies to growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation in the rest of the economy, as well as in the rural space. This...
The three Central American countries examined in this study suffered violent internal conflicts during the 1980s but faced the 1990s largely at peace and with a renewed sense of hope. As in most post-conflict...
With the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean has been one of the regions of the world with the greatest inequality. This report explores why the region suffers from such persistent...
With the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean has been one of the regions of the world with the greatest inequality. This report explores why the region suffers from such persistent...
Beginning in the 1980s, but especially during the 1990s, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries launched trade policy reforms that remain controversial partly due to the mixed overall economic performance...
The study questions whether, after a decade of remarkable progress in trade reform, Latin America and the Caribbean really integrates into the global market, offering a promising rapid growth, and good...
The study questions whether, after a decade of remarkable progress in trade reform, Latin America and the Caribbean really integrates into the global market, offering a promising rapid growth, and good...
The challenge of inclusion in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region--by David de Ferranti. Participation in development planning: strengthening Afro-Latin and indigenous organizations--Jeanette Sutherland...
This is the report of a task force of the World Bank Group managers and staffs who were asked, in September 2000, to take a fresh look at all aspects of the World Bank Group's relationship with its middle-income...
In the 1990s Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began to resurface from the lost decade of the 1980s after a sustained reform effort by the countries to enhance the role of market forces and increase...
In the 1990s Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began to resurface from the lost decade of the 1980s after a sustained reform effort by the countries to enhance the role of market forces and increase...
This paper presents an overview of the principal issues, problems, and policy options in financing health services in developing countries. The shortcomings of existing policies, which finance health care...
This paper presents an overview of the principal issues, problems, and policy options in financing health services in developing countries. The shortcomings of existing policies, which finance health care...
What should developing country governments do to cope with the present "crisis" in financing health services? This paper reviews the principal policy options available to them and examines a few selected...
This paper serves as a background document for two other papers summarizing an investigation of the current state of knowledge on resource allocation and financing issues in the health sector in developing...
This paper discusses the principal issues that arise when efforts are made to apply cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis in the health sector. It also reviews possible approaches to enhancing practical...