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Economic Contraction from COVID-19 in the Pacific: Implications for Health Financing
Health Systems & Reform, 2020 Pacific Island countries (PIC) have emerged as among the most at-risk globally from the collateral economic damage resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, despite being largely spared its direct health effects so far.
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The World Bank’s publication record [PDF]
The Review of International Organizations, 2011 The World Bank claims to be a-knowledge bank, but do its knowledge products influence development thinking, or is the Bank merely a proselytizer? The World Bank is a prolific publisher; for example, it has published more journal articles in economics than any university except Harvard. But what about their impact on development thinking? Using citation
Ravallion, Martin, Wagstaff, Adam
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Journal of Applied Economics, 2019 Agriculture important in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning foreign exchange. Transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in the region.
Atsushi Iimi +3 more
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Cheaper, Faster, and More Than Good Enough: Is GPS the New Gold Standard in Land Area Measurement?
Survey Research Methods, 2017 In rural societies of low- and middle-income countries, land is a major measure of wealth, a critical input in agricultural production, and a key variable for assessing agricultural performance and productivity. In the absence of cadastral information to
Calogero Carletto +3 more
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Fresh Money for Health? The (False?) Promise of “Innovative Financing” for Health in Malawi
Health Systems & Reform, 2018 Since 2013, the government of Malawi has been pursuing a number of health reforms, which include plans to increase domestic financing for health through “innovative financing.” As part of these reforms, Malawi has sought to raise additional tax revenue ...
Collins Chansa +6 more
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The Economic Journal, 1999 This article examines the rationale for the World Bank and explores whether its objective is best served by its current mix of activities. We are critical of the Bank's reliance on conditionality, and advocate evolution into a Knowledge Bank, which would lend with few conditions to countries with good policies and good institutions, and would ...
Gilbert, Christopher Leslie +2 more
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Financial Protection in Health among the Elderly – A Global Stocktake
Health Systems & Reform, 2021 Universal Health Coverage is one of the key targets of the Sustainable Development Goals and it implies that everyone can access the healthcare they need without suffering financial hardship.
Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou +2 more
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Child Health Outcome Inequalities in Low and Middle Income Countries
Health Systems & Reform, 2021 Prior to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) era, considerable progress was made toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) health indicators.
Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou +2 more
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IEEE Access, 2023 Following COP26, many countries are embarking on decarbonization strategies for the power sector that may include inter alia storage, hydrogen, and carbon capture (and storage).
Thomas Nikolakakis +3 more
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The evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of google searches
Scientific Reports, 2023 Real-time data is essential for policymakers to adapt to a rapidly evolving situation like the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from 221 countries and territories, we demonstrate the capacity of Google search data to anticipate reported COVID-19 cases and ...
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