Large Scale Contracting out of Basic Health Services for the Poor in Guatemala: The SIAS Program: Design, Processes and Results

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Author
La Forgia, Jerry
Date issued
Jun 2005
Subject
Health Care Service;
Health Policy;
Poverty
Country
Guatemala
Category
Discussion Papers
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 appraisal of the health situation Guatemala is also given. This presentation was presented at the IDB-IBRD Joint Conference on the Political Economy of Service Delivery.