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

Author
La Forgia, Jerry
Date
Jun 2005
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.