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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783455103321

Titolo

Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services : : what works, what doesn't, and why / / edited by Davidson R. Gwatkin, Adam Wagstaff, Abdo S. Yazbeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : The World Bank, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-26416-0

9786610264162

0-8213-5962-2

Descrizione fisica

xxi, 353 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

GwatkinDavidson R

WagstaffAdam

YazbeckAbdo

Disciplina

362.1/086/942

Soggetti

Health services accessibility

Health services accessibility - Developing countries

Human services

Human services - Developing countries

Poor - Medical care

Poor - Medical care - Developing countries

Poor - Nutrition

Poor - Nutrition - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Data Notes; PART 1. INTRODUCTION; FIGURES; TABLES; PART 2. AFRICA STUDIES; PART 3. ASIA STUDIES; ANNEX TABLES; PART 4. LATIN AMERICA STUDIES; ANNEX FIGURE; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents eleven case studies that document how well or poorly health, nutrition, and population programs have reached disadvantaged groups in the countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America where they were undertaken. The studies were commissioned by the Reaching the Poor Program, undertaken by the Word Bank in cooperation with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Dutch



and Swedish governments, in an effort to find better ways of ensuring that health, nutrition, and population programs benefit the neediest. These case studies, reinforced by other material gathered by the