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  Poverty and equity: do health systems matter?

  R. Rannan-Eliya / World Bank, 2004

  This article, published by the World Bank, considers the relationships between poverty and access to health services. It argues that where significant declines in mortality have occurred in the developing world, this has always required that modern medical services first become available to communities. Income growth by itself will not deliver low mortality.
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  Making transition work for everyone: poverty and inequality in Europe and Central Asia

  C. Jones, A.| Revenga / World Bank, 2000

  This book, published by the World Bank, examines the striking increases in poverty and inequality in the transition economies of Europe and Central Asia during the 1990s, and considers policy actions needed to address this issue.
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  Afghanistan: managing public finances for development

  World Bank, 2005

  Afghanistan’s reconstruction has made considerable progress during the past four years.
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  Budget institutions and fiscal responsibility: parliaments and the political economy of the budget process in Latin America

  C. Santiso / World Bank, 2005

  “Can parliaments make an effective contribution to the budget process while preserving fiscal discipline?” is one of the key questions this paper seeks to answer. Parliaments do possess a wide range of budgetary powers, but often fail to exercise them effectively or responsibly.
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  How does bribery affect public service delivery? micro-evidence from service users and public officials in Peru

  D. Kaufmann, J. Montoriol-Garriga, F. Recanatini / World Bank, 2005

  This paper examines the impact of bribery on public service delivery. It demonstrates how poor governance can affect greatly public service delivery, both directly through higher price, and indirectly through lower quality or quantity available.
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  The market for aid: understanding aid by looking forward and looking back

  T. Harford, M. Klein / World Bank, 2005

  This short note explores trends in the aid industry, including patterns of aid flows, competition, and the effectiveness of different types of aid.
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  Improving the dynamics of aid: towards more predictable budget support

  B. Eifert, A. Gelbl / World Bank, 2005

  This paper considers approaches towards improving the predictability of aid to low income countries, with a special focus on budget support.
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  Effective states building: forging engaged societies

  World Bank, 2005

  This report of the Task Force on Capacity Development in Africa analyses four decades of capacity development experience in Africa and offers key messages for African countries and their international partners that should underpin a renewed effort to develop, use, and retain capacity for development in Sub Saharan Africa.
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  Disability, poverty, and schooling in developing countries: results from 11 household surveys

  D. Filmer / World Bank, 2005

  This paper analyses the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their household, and their school participation.
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  The private sector’s role in the provision of infrastructure in post-conflict countries: patterns and policy options

  J. Schwartz, S. Hahn, I. Bannon / World Bank, 2004

  This paper examines private investment patterns in post-conflict countries based on the World Bank’s Private Participation in Infrastructure database, and looks at some success stories that may offer useful policy lessons for other post-conflict countries.The investment patterns show that:telecoms investments, particularly mobile telephony, materialise immediately after (sometimes even

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