Many innovations funded by the Bank include support for decentralization and efforts to improve communications and relations among various levels of government. In Nigeria, state-level decisionmakers evaluated and revised a stalled health project, giving a renewed and greatly improved impetus to the project activities. The Bank is providing analytical and technical support to the design of new financing systems and to the training of local personnel to support these efforts. Preliminary findings from El Salvador indicate a high degree of success. Student access to schools in rural areas has increased.
Parents are active in hiring and evaluating teachers.
And they are more satisfied that the curriculum meets their children's needs. With the private sector. The Bank is providing intellectual and practical help to governments in their efforts to decide on appropriate and complementary roles for the private and public sectors in development. The aim is to benefit from a competitive and diverse supply of services in education and health, within a well-regulated environment, while ensuring that consumers have adequate information to make appropriate choices. Bank-supported social investment funds in 12 countries in Latin America have involved the private sector, with much of the implementation by private citizens.