Poverty and the policy response to the economic crisis in Liberia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Quentin Wodon

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.4/6096662
• Soggetto topico: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Poverty - Government policy - Liberia
• Soggetto geografico: Liberia Economic conditions 21st century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WodonQuentin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Poverty and the response to the economic crisis in Liberia : brief overview -- Poverty and human development diagnostic -- Poverty in Liberia : level, profile and determinants -- Education in Liberia : basic diagnostic using the 2007 CWIQ survey -- Health in Liberia : basic diagnostic using the 2007 CWIQ survey -- Impact of higher food prices and fiscal measures taken to respond to the crisis -- Rice prices and poverty in Liberia -- Benefit incidence of fiscal measures to deal with the impact on households of the economic crisis in Liberia : comparing import and income taxes -- Evaluation of the cash for work temporary employment program -- Ex ante assessment of the potential impact of labor intensive public works in Liberia -- Liberia's cash for work temporary employment project : responding to crisis in low income, fragile countries -- Impact of labor intensive public works in Liberia : results from a light evaluation survey -- List of tables, figures, and boxes.
• Sommario/riassunto: Any analysis of health financing issues has to begin with sound estimates of the level and flow of resources in a health system, including total levels of spending, the sources of health expenditures, the uses of funds in terms of services purchased, and in terms of who purchases them. The analysis should also aim at understanding how these resource flows are correlated with health system outcomes, including those of improving health, reducing health inequalities, and reducing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure. National Health Accounts (NHA) provide a framework to collect, compi
• Titolo autorizzato: Poverty and the policy response to the economic crisis in Liberia
• ISBN: 1-280-78292-7; 9786613693310; 0-8213-8947-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451610603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II