Service provision for the poor : public and private sector cooperation / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807420703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, : InWEnt, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-08496-0; 9786610084968; 1-4175-0150-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: vii, 162 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm
• Altri autori (Persone): Kochendorfer-LuciusGudrun; PleskovicBoris
• Soggetti: Poverty - Developing countries; Poor - Developing countries; Public-private sector cooperation; Developing countries Social policy Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: At head of title: Berlin Workshop Series 2004.; "The articles in this volume were presented at the fifth annual Berlin Workshop, held in July 2002"--P. 1.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic -- Making service work for poor people: a scholar's perspective / Wolf-Dieter Eberwein -- Why is a World Development Report on making services work for poor people needed? / Nicholas H. Stern -- Poverty in Russia / Boris Nemstov -- ; The role of altruistically motivated organizations in making services work for poor people -- The experience of the private not-for-profit health sector in Uganda / Daniele Giusti -- Basic services: a basic right / Jeremy Hobbs -- The Madrasa Early Childhood Programme in East Africa / Kathy Bartlett -- ; The role of the private sector -- Evidence from a study of vouchers for private schooling in Colombia / Michael Kremer -- The rural private practicioner / Hema Viswanathan -- ; The role of local governments -- Delivering infrastructure: a strategic framework / Junaid K. Ahmad -- Employment of farmers and poverty alleviation in China / Yuzhao Wang -- ; Incentives and innovations -- Getting health services to the poor: ; incentives, efficiency, and health system performance / Orvill Adams and William Savedoff -- Bolivia's plan for achieving education for all goals / John Newman -- Rushing to help the poor through participation many be self-defeating / Jean-Philippe Platteau -- ; Modes of financing -- Tanzania's experience with education / Mwatumu J. Malale -- How aid modalities influence the effectiveness of public expenditures in developing countries: a bilateral donor perspective / Olav H. Sim -- Financing development / Thomas Wollenzien -- Conclusion: making services work for poor people / Shantayannan Devarajan and Ritva Reinikka.