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Service provision for the poor [electronic resource] : public and private sector cooperation / edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic.

Contributor(s): Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun | Pleskovic, Boris | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank : InWEnt, 2004Description: viii, 174 p. : ill.Subject(s): Poverty -- Developing countries -- Congresses | Poor -- Developing countries -- Congresses | Public-private sector cooperation -- Congresses | Developing countries -- Social policy -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction / Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic -- Making service work for poor people: a scholar's perspective / Wolf-Dieter Eberwein -- Why is a World Development Report on making services work for poor people needed? / Nicholas H. Stern -- Poverty in Russia / Boris Nemstov -- The experience of the private not-for-profit health sector in Uganda / Daniele Giusti -- Basic services: a basic right / Jeremy Hobbs -- The Madrasa Early Childhood Programme in East Africa / Kathy Bartlett -- Evidence from a study of vouchers for private schooling in Colombia / Michael Kremer -- The rural private practicioner / Hema Viswanathan -- Delivering infrastructure: a strategic framework / Junaid K. Ahmad -- Employment of farmers and poverty alleviation in China / Yuzhao Wang -- Getting health services to the poor: incentives, efficiency, and health system performance / Orvill Adams and William Savedoff -- Bolivia's plan for achieving education for all goals / John Newman -- Rushing to help the poor through participation many be self-defeating / Jean-Philippe Platteau -- Tanzania's experience with education / Mwatumu J. Malale -- How aid modalities influence the effectiveness of public expenditures in developing countries: a bilateral donor perspective / Olav H. Sim -- Financing development / Thomas Wollenzien -- Conclusion: making services work for poor people / Shantayannan Devarajan and Ritva Reinikka.
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At head of title: Berlin Workshop Series 2004.

"The articles in this volume were presented at the fifth annual Berlin Workshop, held in July 2002"--P. 1.

Introduction / Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic -- Making service work for poor people: a scholar's perspective / Wolf-Dieter Eberwein -- Why is a World Development Report on making services work for poor people needed? / Nicholas H. Stern -- Poverty in Russia / Boris Nemstov -- The role of altruistically motivated organizations in making services work for poor people -- The experience of the private not-for-profit health sector in Uganda / Daniele Giusti -- Basic services: a basic right / Jeremy Hobbs -- The Madrasa Early Childhood Programme in East Africa / Kathy Bartlett -- The role of the private sector -- Evidence from a study of vouchers for private schooling in Colombia / Michael Kremer -- The rural private practicioner / Hema Viswanathan -- The role of local governments -- Delivering infrastructure: a strategic framework / Junaid K. Ahmad -- Employment of farmers and poverty alleviation in China / Yuzhao Wang -- Incentives and innovations -- Getting health services to the poor: incentives, efficiency, and health system performance / Orvill Adams and William Savedoff -- Bolivia's plan for achieving education for all goals / John Newman -- Rushing to help the poor through participation many be self-defeating / Jean-Philippe Platteau -- Modes of financing -- Tanzania's experience with education / Mwatumu J. Malale -- How aid modalities influence the effectiveness of public expenditures in developing countries: a bilateral donor perspective / Olav H. Sim -- Financing development / Thomas Wollenzien -- Conclusion: making services work for poor people / Shantayannan Devarajan and Ritva Reinikka.

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