The Relationship Between Insurance and Entrepreneurship in Brazil: Concepts and Basic Data
Aug 2007
Author(s): Masci, Pietro;Medici, André;Barros Weaver, Bernardo
This document presents data related to insurance and entrepreneurship in the states of Brazil over a period of 10 years. The data is accompanied by brief discussions of terms' definitions. They…
Best Practices in Intercultural Health
Jun 2007
Author(s): O'Neill, John;Bartlett, Judith;Mignone, Javier
This paper presents some of the background research that contributed to the discussions within the Inter-American Development Bank's policy and strategy regarding indigenous health issues. The…
Japan Special Fund and Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services Annual Report 2006
Jan 2007
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Trusts Funds for 2006. The Japanese Trust Funds support five distinct programs: the Japan Special Fund (JSF); the Japanese Trust Fund for…
Demand-Side Incentives for Better Health for the Poor: Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dec 2006
Author(s): Glassman, Amanda;Gaarder, Marie Moland;Todd, Jessica
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs are spreading rapidly throughout the developing world. These are the subjects of this paper and include Colombia's Familias en Acción, Honduras'…
Do We Know What Works?: A Systematic Review of Impact Evaluations of Social Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Apr 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Tejerina, Luis
This working paper analyzes the topics that usually arise from systematic reviews of poverty reduction programs programs and initiates a discussion about them. All evaluations included in the review…
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 2005
Feb 2006
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2005. In addition, the Report contains a…
Beyond Survival: Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America
Jan 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Packard, Truman G.;Baeza, Cristian C.
'Beyond Survival: Protecting Households from Health Shock's in Latin America reviews the Latin American experience with health reform in the last 20 years and the fundamentals of health…
Violence Interventions with Children
Sep 2005
Author(s): Meeks Gardner, Julie
This presentation discusses the effects of violence in children as well as successful programs that worked to reduce child/youth violence in Jamaica. The presentation was prepared for the…
Large Scale Contracting out of Basic Health Services for the Poor in Guatemala: The SIAS Program: Design, Processes and Results
Jun 2005
Author(s): La Forgia, Jerry
This presentation gives an overiew of the SIAS Program from 1997-2001, including: 1) Rationale; 2) Objectives; 3) Design; 4) Performance; 5) Issues and Problems; 6) Political Economy of Change. An…
Health and Poverty in Brazil: Estimation by Structural Equation Model with Latent Variables
Mar 2005
Author(s): Giuffrida, Antonio;Iunes, Roberto F.;Savedoff, William D.
Brazil is characterized by large inequalities in income, access to health care, and health status. This paper uses data from the 1998 Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios to analyze the…
Health Financing Innovations in the Caribbean: EHPO© and the National Health Fund of Jamaica
Nov 2004
Author(s): Barrett, Raphael D.;Lalta, Stanley
This paper describes the conceptualization, development and implementation of the National Health Fund in Jamaica. Established in 2003, the NHF provides direct assistance to patients for drug…
Myths and Facts of Infrastructure Reform in Argentina in the 1990s: Some Current Implications
Apr 2004
Author(s): Urbiztondo, Santiago
Family Spending on Health in Brazil: Some Indirect Evidence of the Regressive Nature of Public Spending in Health
Jul 2003
Author(s): Medici, André
This report analyzes the structure of family health spending in Brazil between 1987 and 1996, using a survey taken in 1996 survey of health spending by households. This report also tries to identify…
Health Services in Latin America and Asia
Jul 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Molina, Carlos Gerardo;Rey de Marulanda, Nohra;Fleury, Sonia;Ron, Aviva;Lavadenz M., Fernando;Trong Hai, Tran;Schuftan, Claudio;García Jiménez, Salvador;Suwanwela, Charas;Jatene, Adib;Xinhua, Li;Chen, Chunming;Wang, Kean;Londoño, Juan Luis;Flavier, Juan M.;Acuña, Cecilia;Gómez, José Pablo;Kadir, Khalid Abdul;Iunes, Roberto F.;Bhushan, Indu
This book uses case studies and cross-regional analyses to examine changes in basic health services, challenges for social health insurance, improvements in the equity and efficacy of health services…
Stigma, Discrimination, and HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Feb 2003
Author(s): Aggleton, Peter;Parker, Richard;Maluwa, Miriam
This paper focuses on a rather unexplored dimension to date of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the resulting stigma and discrimination and its impact on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs. It presents a…
What Do You Mean?: Conceptual Clarity in Social Policy
Jan 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Magnoli, Alessandro
Efficiency and equity are priorities in the social policies of both industrial and developing countries. This study examines how different value judgments lead to different concepts of efficiency and…
Learning from the Experience: The Inter-American Development Bank and Pharmaceuticals
May 2001
Author(s): Giuffrida, Antonio
The IDB has supported the governments of Latin America and the Caribbean in their efforts to improve their pharmaceutical systems. The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, it intends to…
Public Purchaser-Private Provider Contracting for Health Services: Examples from Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan 2001
Author(s): Slack, Katherine;Savedoff, William D.
The report presents examples to illustrate many of the key issues regarding health care contracting. This study discusses 27 examples of contracting with the private sector in Latin America and the…
The Health of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan 2001 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Levine, Ruth;Glassman, Amanda;Schneidman, Miriam
This report represents the collaborative effort of three partners: the World Bank, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This book explores…
Is Anybody Listening?: Ignoring Evidence in the Latin American Health Reform Debates
Oct 2000
Author(s): Savedoff, William D.
Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, countries are in the midst of debates about their health systems. Frequently, the characteristics of reforms in one country are used to promote or…