ISBN:
9780821379516
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082137950X
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9780821379509
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 187 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Independent Evaluation Group studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Improving Effectiveness and Outcomes for the Poor in Health, Nutrition, and Population : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support Since 1997
DDC:
306.461
Keywords:
World Bank Group Evaluation
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World Bank Group
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Human services Cross-cultural studies
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Health services accessibility Cross-cultural studies
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Poor Cross-cultural studies Nutrition
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Poor Cross-cultural studies Medical care
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International Cooperation
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Public Policy
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Developing Countries
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Public Health
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Financial Support
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International Agencies
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Health services accessibility ; Cross-cultural studies
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Human services ; Cross-cultural studies
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Poor ; Medical care ; Cross-cultural studies
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Poor ; Nutrition ; Cross-cultural studies
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World Bank Group ; Evaluation
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the World Bank Group's support for health, nutrition, and population (HNP) in developing countries from 1997 to 2008 - totaling more than 17 billion - and distills lessons for greater impact in the future. It finds that the Bank Group now funds a smaller share of global support for HNP than a decade ago, but its support remains substantial and adds considerable value. About two-thirds of the Bank's HNP support has had satisfactory outcomes, often in difficult environments. But in a number of country settings, particularly in Africa, it has not performe
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Executive Summary; Management Response Summary; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE); Advisory Panel Statement; 1 Introduction; Figures; Boxes; Tables; 1.1 Objectives and Strategic Directions of Healthy Development, the 2007 World Bank HNP Strategy; 1.2 Business and Developmental Objectives of IFC's 2002 Health Strategy; 2 Evolution and Performance of the World Bank's Country Support for Health, Nutrition, and Population ; 2.1 Objectives of HNP Projects Approved in Fiscal 1997-2006
Description / Table of Contents:
2.2 Key Developments in the HNP Portfolio2.3 More Project Appraisal Documents Have Baseline Data, but There Is Still Some Distance to Go, Fiscal Years 1997 and 2007; 2.4 Few HNP Projects Have Objectives That Explicitly Mention the Poor; 2.5 The Poverty Focus of HNP Analytic Work Declined; 3 Lessons from Three Approaches to Improve Outcomes; 3.1 Outcomes and Bank Performance Are Lower for Health Reform Projects than for Other HNP Projects in Middle-Income Countries; 3.2 HNP Projects Supporting Health SWAps in IEG Country Cases or Project Evaluations
Description / Table of Contents:
4 The Contribution of Other Sectors to Health, Nutrition, and Population Outcomes4.1 Distribution of Multisectoral HNP Projects by Management and Implementation Arrangements; 5 IFC's Health Strategy and Operations; 5.1 IFC Health Investments by Type of Investment and Period; 5.2 Geographic Distribution of IFC Projects by Period; 5.3 Profitability of IFC Health and Pharmaceutical Investments; 5.4 IFC Advisory Services in Health (1997-2007); 5.5 Percent of Health and IFC Projects Rated High, PCR Pilots 1 and 2; 6 Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendixes; Endnotes; References
Note:
At head of title: IEG World Bank, IFC, MIGA
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187)
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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