Reforming Health and Education
Subtitle: The World Bank, the IDB, and Complex Institutional Change (Overseas Development Council)
Publisher: Overseas Development Council; Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: December 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781565170308
Subjects: Banking; Development economics; International economics; Politics / Current Events; Health Policy; Economics Of Education; Medical Economics; World Bank; Medical; Medical policy; Business/Economics; Inter-American Development Ban; Economic Conditions; Educational Policy & Reform; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Funding; Practice Management & Reimbursement; Education; Education and state
First sentence: THE 1990S HAVE SEEN SHARPLY INCREASED EMPHASIS on health and education in strategies of economic growth and poverty reduction, in the programs of international aid agencies, and on public policy agendas of many poorer nations.
Description: "During the 1990s, far-reacing reforms in the health and education sectors have become a high priority in much of the developing world. But with few exceptions reforms in these fields have proved slow, modest, and subject to crosion or reversal. Dr. Neslon explores the obstacles to reform and the potential and limits of the banks' roles in helping to overcome these obstacles. She reviews the substantial changes already made in fending instruments and approaches, and identifies constraints within the banks themselves that are yet to be effectively addressed."--BOOK JACKET.