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Reducing maternal and child mortality in Bolivia
Partners for Health Reformplus, 2000This paper, produced by Partnerships for Health Reform, reports on an evaluation of the Bolivian National Insurance for Mothers and Children (SNMN) programme. The paper finds that utilisation of formal maternal and child health services has increased as a direct result of the implementation of SNMN, particularly among the poor and among adolescents.DocumentPriority service provision under decentralization: a case study of maternal and child health care in Uganda
Partners for Health Reformplus, 1999This paper from Partnerships for Health Reform reports on a study to examine the impact of health sector decentralisation in Uganda on maternal and child health (MCH) services.DocumentBack to basics: does decentralization improve health system performance? Evidence from Ceará in north-east Brazil
Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004This article, from the World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin, examines whether decentralisation has improved the health system performance in Ceará, in north east Brazil.DocumentQuality education: the key role of teachers
Education International, 2004This paper examines ways that quality education can be improved, by looking at the roles that teachers themselves can play, and the support that governments and education authorities, and teacher unions can give.The paper provides recommendations to teachers, governments and authorities, and teachers unions, including:Teachers:quality awareness and self-evaluation: teachers muDocumentInventory of poverty and impact monitoring (PIM) approaches in Nepal (Background paper)
Regional Conference on Poverty Monitoring in Asia, 2004This paper examines the current status of poverty in Nepal, and focuses on approaches to poverty and/or impact monitoring as well plans for PRSP monitoring.DocumentCommunication strategies in the age of decentralisation and privatisation of rural services: lessons from two African experiences
Overseas Development Institute, 2004This paper describes the challenges of decentralisation and privatisation of rural services from the perspective of communication strategy development. The author argues that the wave of decentralisation and privatisation in rural services worldwide has created a challenge for rural communities, service providers and local governments.DocumentThe politics of decentralisation and donor funding in South Africa’s rural water sector
Centre for Civil Society, South Africa, 2003This article examines how foreign donors have supported decentralisation in South Africa, how they have affected the implementation of decentralisation policies, and what impact, if any, donors have had on the form of decentralisation.DocumentEthnicity, discrimination and the tragedy of the commons: empirical evidence from a sample of African countries
Metafro Infosys, 2003This paper argues that ethnic diversity does not hinder economic growth.The author argues against other work on ethnicity and growth that conclude ethnic diversity promotes violence and adversely affects public policy choices.DocumentDemocratic decentralization and the issue of inequality
World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002This paper, written in preparation for the World Resources Institute's meetings in Bellagio, Italy, examines the capacity of democratic decentralisation to promote greater equity.DocumentGovernance and poverty reduction: evidence from newly decentralized Indonesia
Support for Decentralisation Measures, Indonesia / Proyek Pendukung Pemantapan Penataan Desentralisasi (P4D), 2004This study focuses on the impact of bad governance on the poor and those people who are most vulnerable to the impact of bad governance.By assembling scattered anecdotal evidence on how past and current practices of bad governance in Indonesia have hurt the poor, the study shows that the adverse impact of bad governance on the poor is real, systematically affects many people, and undermines thePages
