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Monitoring the policy reform process

The discussion and examples in the paper are organized around the issues and challenges that USAID's development professionals and their clients/partners face when designing and implementing sustems t...
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Resource added in: 18/12/2000
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Reform, Impact, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util

Solohijos

Informaciones para los padres acerca del joven de 13 a 17 años en las siguientes áreas temáticas: ámbito escolar, emotividad, inteligencia, comportamiento, familia, salud, crescimiento, hábitos y...
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Resource added in: 18/12/2000
Available languages: Spanish
Adolescent, Family, Health, Child Welfare

Beyond six billion: Forecasting the world's population

The Panel on Population Projections was asked to examine these projections: to assess their assumptions, estimate their accuracy and uncertainty, evaluate the implications of current demographic rese...
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Resource added in: 18/12/2000
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Population, Population Forecast, Measuring, Methods and Indicators

Does liberte=egalite? A survey of the empirical evidence on the links between political democracy and income inequality

The relationship between the distribution of political rights and that of economic resources has been studied both theoretically and empirically. This paper reviews the existing literature and, in par...
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Resource added in: 18/12/2000
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Civil Rights, Health Equity

Earnings and the elusive dividends of health

The paper presents a methodology for estimating the impact of health on earnings that addresses problems of measurement error and endogeneity, then summarizes the main findings of related studies unde...
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Resource added in: 15/12/2000
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Embryonic Germ Cells, Telocytes, Socioeconomics Factors, Equity, Living Conditions

El Debate sobre la reforma de la seguridad social: en busca de un nuevo consenso

Los regímenes públicos de pensiones enfrentan estos riesgos suministrando a los jubilados prestaciones mensuales, que se ajustan a la fluctuación de las condiciones económicas.En la mayoría de lo...
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Resource added in: 15/12/2000
Available languages: Spanish
Social Security, Retirement, Pensions, Condiciones Económicas, Equidad en acceso de los servicios de salud^util

La ciudad de la nueva economía

Conferencia pronunciada en el Salón de Ciento del ayuntamiento de Barcelona, el 21 de febrero de 2000, en el acto de clausura del Máster "La ciudad: Políticas proyectos y gestión" (http//:www.fbg....
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Resource added in: 15/12/2000
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Communications Media, Economics, Abogacía

Information technology, health and health care: A View to the future

This paper is designed to help readers imagine the consequences of the technological revolution for the world in which we live. It focusesespecially on the way these technologies are likely to transfo...
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Resource added in: 15/12/2000
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Technology, Economics, Careh Careh Careh Care, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util

Relative income, race, and mortality

The central question addressed in this paper is whether mortality is affected by relative income, where relative income is defined as an individual's own income relative to the incomes of those who li...
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Resource added in: 15/12/2000
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Evidence-Based Medicine, Income, Mortality, Health Equity, Racial Stocks, Measuring, Methods and Indicators

The Comparative efficiency of national health systems in producing health: An analysis of 191 countries

Perhaps the most important conclusion of this work is that it is possible to measure and compare the efficiency of health systems across countries and over time. This is particularly important for cou...
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Resource added in: 15/12/2000
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Cost Efficiency Analysis, Product Line Management, Helth System Reforms, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util