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Title

Reforming health and education : the World Bank, the IDB, and complex institutional change / Joan M. Nelson.

Author

Nelson, Joan M.

Publication

Washington, DC : Overseas Development Council ; Baltimore, MD : Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press, c1999.

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Description

xviii, 103 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"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.

Series Statement

Policy essay ; no. 26

Uniform Title

Policy essay ; no. 26.

Subject

• Education
• Education and state
• Health Care Reform
• Health Policy
• Inter-American Development Bank
• Latin America
• Medical policy
• World Bank
• World Bank

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. Introduction -- Health and Education Reform: A New Ball Game -- Pt. 2. The Politics of Social Sector Reforms -- The New Salience of Social Sector Reforms -- Why the Emphasis on Reform? -- Recent Reforms in Pension Systems: An Instructive Special Case -- Why Education and Health Sector Reforms Are So Difficult -- Progress Despite Obstacles -- Different Politics in Different Fields of Reform -- Implications for Outsider's Roles -- Pt. 3. Social Sector Programs Within a Changing World Bank -- The Evolving World Bank of the 1990s -- The World Bank and Social Sector Programs -- Evolving Strategies and Programs in Health, Population, and Nutrition -- Evolving Strategies and Programs in Education -- Gearing Up to Promote Institutional Reform -- Ongoing Obstacles Within the World Bank -- Summary: Internal Change Constrained -- Pt. 4. Social Sector Programs and the Inter-American Development Bank -- The IDB and the World Bank: Different Structures and Traditions -- New Directions for the IDB -- The IDB and Social Sectors: Trends in Priority and Approach -- Promoting More Effective Reform: Efforts and Obstacles -- Summary: A Gradual Change -- Pt. 5. Some Implications for Aid Strategies -- Real-World Constraints on Goals -- Making Haste Slowly: A Modified Strategy -- Spending Does Not Equal Progress: A Caveat for Opinion Makers.

ISBN

156517030X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^99058625^

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Harvard Library