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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : The World Bank, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: xxi, 353 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 362.1/086/942
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: GwatkinDavidson R WagstaffAdam YazbeckAbdo
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services
• ISBN: 1-280-26416-0; 9786610264162; 0-8213-5962-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825582803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.