Service provision for the poor
Subtitle: public and private sector cooperation
By: edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic.
Contributors: Kochendörfer-Lucius, Gudrun.; Pleskovic, Boris.; World Bank.; Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbh.
Publisher: World Bank; InWEnt
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Poverty -- Developing countries -- Congresses.; Poor -- Developing countries -- Congresses.; Public-private sector cooperation -- Congresses.; Developing countries -- Social policy -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Berlin Workshop Series 2004.
Notes: "The articles in this volume were presented at the fifth annual Berlin Workshop, held in July 2002"--P. 1.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic; title: Making service work for poor people: a scholar's perspective -- Wolf-Dieter Eberwein; title: Why is a World Development Report on making services work for poor people needed? -- Nicholas H. Stern; title: Poverty in Russia -- Boris Nemstov -- The role of altruistically motivated organizations in making services work for poor people; title: The experience of the private not-for-profit health sector in Uganda -- Daniele Giusti; title: Basic services: a basic right -- Jeremy Hobbs; title: The Madrasa Early Childhood Programme in East Africa -- Kathy Bartlett -- The role of the private sector; title: Evidence from a study of vouchers for private schooling in Colombia -- Michael Kremer; title: The rural private practicioner -- Hema Viswanathan -- The role of local governments; title: Delivering infrastructure: a strategic framework -- Junaid K. Ahmad; title: Employment of farmers and poverty alleviation in China -- Yuzhao Wang -- Incentives and innovations; title: Getting health services to the poor: incentives, efficiency, and health system performance -- Orvill Adams and William Savedoff; title: Bolivia's plan for achieving education for all goals -- John Newman; title: Rushing to help the poor through participation many be self-defeating -- Jean-Philippe Platteau -- Modes of financing; title: Tanzania's experience with education -- Mwatumu J. Malale; title: How aid modalities influence the effectiveness of public expenditures in developing countries: a bilateral donor perspective -- Olav H. Sim; title: Financing development -- Thomas Wollenzien; title: Conclusion: making services work for poor people -- Shantayannan Devarajan and Ritva Reinikka.