Research Catalog

Title

Improving effectiveness and outcomes for the poor in health, nutrition, and population : an evaluation of World Bank Group support since 1997.

Publication

World Bank, D.C. : World Bank, 2009.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group
• International Finance Corporation
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Description

xxxvi, 187 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subject

• World Bank Group
• World Bank Group > Evaluation
• World Bank Group
• Developing Countries
• Poor > Medical care > Cross-cultural studies
• Health services accessibility > Cross-cultural studies
• Poor > Nutrition > Cross-cultural studies
• Human services > Cross-cultural studies
• Public Health
• Financial Support
• International Agencies
• International Cooperation
• Public Policy

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies

Note

• At head of title: IEG World Bank, IFC, MIGA.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliograhical references (p. 179-187).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the World Wide Web.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- Rationale for World Bank Group Investments in Health, Nutrition, and Population -- World Bank Group Strategies in Health, Nutrition, and Population -- Objectives and Scope of this Evaluation -- Evaluation Design and Methodology -- Organization of the Report -- 2. Evolution and Performance of the World Bank's Country Support for Health, -- Nutrition, and Population -- The Health, Nutrition, and Population Portfolio and Its Performance -- Monitoring, Evaluation, and the Results Agenda -- Is Health, Nutrition, and Population Support Reaching the Poor? -- 3. Lessons from Three Approaches to Improve Outcomes -- Communicable Disease Control -- Reforming Health Systems -- Sectorwide Approaches -- 4. The Contribution of Other Sectors to Health, Nutrition, and Population -- Outcomes -- Intersectoral Approaches in Country Assistance Strategies -- Multisectoral Health, Nutrition, and Population Lending -- Health in the Lending Portfolios of Other Sectors -- 5. IFC's Health Strategy and Operations -- Evolution of IFC's Approach to Private Investment in Health -- IFC's Investment Portfolio in Health -- IFC's Advisory Services in Health -- IFC's Institutional Arrangements for the Health Sector -- Social Impacts of IFC Health Investments -- 6. Conclusions and Recommendations -- Recommendations -- Appendix A. World Bank Group HNP Timeline -- Appendix B. Definition of the Samples Used for Portfolio Reviews and World Bank HNP -- Staff Analysis -- Appendix C. World Bank HNP Sector Projects Approved in Fiscal Years 1997 -- Appendix D. IFC Health Investments, Fiscal Years 1997 -- Appendix E. World Bank Support for Population -- Appendix F. World Bank Support for Nutrition -- Appendix G. World Bank Support for Analytic Work on HNP -- Appendix H. Additional Figures on World Bank HNP Lending, Analytic Work, and Staffing -- Appendix I. Evaluation of World Bank Participation in Two Global HNP Partnerships -- Appendix J. Management Response.

ISBN

• 9780821379509
• 082137950X

OCLC

• 318872461
• SCSB-11298311

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library