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Competitive Voucher Schemes in Health: A Toolkit

World Bank Publications, 2004

A Guide to Competitive Vouchers in Health provides a broad outline of the problems health systems face, the rationale behind government intervention particularly in the form of subsidies, and the different ways that governments and donors subsidize health care.

The guide provides readers with an understanding of the concept of competitive...

The Microeconomics of Income Distribution Dynamics in East Asia and Latin America

Oxford University Press, 2004

Economists have had much to say about what causes aggregate economic growth, but they have been more reticent about the distributional dimension of that growth. Understanding development and the process of poverty reduction requires understanding not only how total income grows but also how its distribution behaves over time. This book is a major...

Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis (Disaster Risk Management)

World Bank Publications, 2005

Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other natural hazards cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars in economic losses each year around the world. Many billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance, emergency loans, and development aid are expended annually. Yet efforts to reduce the risks of...

Reshaping the Future: Education and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

World Bank Publications, 2004

The aim of Reshaping the Future is to draw international attention to the key role that education can play in both preventing conflict and in reconstructing post-conflict societies. The author also hopes to alert developing countries and donors alike to the devastating consequences of conflict on a country’s education systems and outcomes, as...

Financing Information and Communication Infrastructure Needs in the Developing World: Public and Private Roles

World Bank Publications, 2005

Over the past ten years, private-sector-led growth has revolutionized access to telecommunications. Every region of the developing world benefitted in terms of investment and rollout. This revolution would have been impossible without government reform and oversight. Advanced information and communication infrastructure (ICI) are increasingly...

The Power of Survey Design: A User's Guide for Managing Surveys, Interpreting Results, and Influencing Respondents

World Bank Publications, 2006

Are you in favor of financial incentives for poor countries?" If this question were asked in a survey many would be inclined to agree. Yet the result of this poll would be different if the question asked was "Are you in favor of subsidies for poor countries?" This is a simple example of how one single word, incentives or subsidies,...

Cities in a Globalizing World: Governance, Performance, And Sustainability (Wbi Learning Resources Series)

World Bank Publications, 2005

World Bank research shows that in 2003, 48 percent of the world’s population (3 billion people) lived in urban areas—a 33 percent increase from the 1990 level. By 2020, 4.1 billion people (55 percent of the world’s population) will live in urban areas. Almost 94 percent of the increase will occur in developing countries. By 2015,...

AIDS in South Asia: Understanding And Responding to a Heterogenous Epidemic (Health, Nutrition, and Population Series)

World Bank Publications, 2006

South Asia's HIV epidemic is highly heterogeneous. As a result, informed, prioritized, and effective responses necessitate an understanding of the epidemic diversity between and within countries. Further spread of HIV in South Asia is preventable. The future size of South Asia's epidemic will depend on an effective two-pronged...

The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2007

World Bank Publications, 2007

In the last decade developing countries have experienced a revolution in information and communication technology. Most countries now have more than one telecommunications operator, and in many countries more than three companies compete to provide telecommunications services. This competition has resulted in high levels of investment, rapid growth...

Convergence in Information and Communication Technology: Strategic and Regulatory Considerations

World Bank Publications, 2010

Growth in the information and technology (ICT) sector has exploded over the past 20 years. Dynamic market and technology developments have led to a phenomenon known as convergence, defined in this volume as the erosion of boundaries between previously separate ICT services, networks, and business practices. Examples include cable television...

Broadband Strategies Handbook (World Bank Publications)

World Bank Publications, 2012

The world is shifting from narrowband to broadband. Services that were only available in the form of static, text-based websites a decade ago are now offered in full-motion, high-definition video. A whole new generation of Internet entrepreneurs is ready to take their ideas to the stock market.

Nevertheless, a gap remains between...

Fourier Analysis (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)

American Mathematical Society, 2000

Fourier analysis encompasses a variety of perspectives and techniques. This volume presents the real variable methods of Fourier analysis introduced by Calderón and Zygmund. The text was born from a graduate course taught at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and incorporates lecture notes from a course taught by José...

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