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  India: health briefing paper

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 1999

  Following independence in 1947, India and its leaders believed that an interventionist industry-led approach to development was the key to eradicating poverty. Ambitious targets were set for the expansion of health services, according to strictly defined population based norms which would be provided free at the point of service.
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  Child mortality in Maharashtra, India

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002

  This article examines official statistics on child mortality rates in Maharashtra, and compares them against an initial set of findings on child and infant mortality that also measured extent and causes of under-reporting of child deaths.
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  Participation and accountability in health systems: the missing factor in equity?

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2000

  This paper discusses how to improve equity in health systems. In particular, it argues that social dimensions such as social networking, participation and governance are critical factors for vertical equity in health systems.
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  Water for life: the impact of the privatization of water services on child mortality

  Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, 2002

  This paper examines the impact of water privatisation on child mortality rates in Argentina.Between 1991 and 1999, about 30 percent of water companies covering approximately 60 percent of the population were privatised.
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  Integrating vertical programmes into sector wide approaches: experiences and lessons

  HLSP Institute, UK, 2001

  Does the transition to sector wide approaches (SWAps) in the health sector risk reducing the impact of previously successful initiatives covered by vertical health programmes?
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  Boston Healthy Start Initiative: a case study of community empowerment

  Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000

  The Boston Healthy Start Initiative (BHSI), is a community driven program serving an identified part of the city of Boston which have disproportionately high rates of infant mortality and an overall poor health status in general.
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  Sector-wide approaches for health development: a review of experience

  Overseas Development Institute, 2000

  Sector-wide approaches (SWAps) are intended to produce a single sector policy and expenditure program, but what have the experiences and consequences been in countries that have adopted SWAps for health development, and what affect do they have on the poor?
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  Bangladesh: health briefing paper

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 1999

  In the late 1990s, Bangladesh implemented a national strategy – the Health and Population Sector Strategy – aimed at addressing some of the lessons learned from their fourth five-year plan.
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  Albania: health briefing paper

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2000

  In 1993 Albania embarked on a process of health reform following forty years of a centrally controlled system.
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  Education and health in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of sector-wide approaches

  World Bank, 2001

  Dissatisfaction with traditional project approaches and recognition of the limitations of the sector adjustment programs led to the development of sector wide approaches (SWAps). The purpose of these is to improve the impact of development assistance on the sector as a whole. This World Bank working paper summarizes the lessons that the Bank in the Africa Region has learned so far.

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