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

Improving effectiveness and outcomes for the poor in health, nutrition, and population : an evaluation of World Bank Group support since 1997. - xxxvi, 187 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187).

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 -- 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? -- Lessons from Three Approaches to Improve Outcomes -- Communicable Disease Control -- Reforming Health Systems -- Sectorwide Approaches -- 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 -- 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 -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Recommendations -- World Bank Group HNP Timeline -- Definition of the Samples Used for Portfolio Reviews and World Bank HNP -- Staff Analysis -- World Bank HNP Sector Projects Approved in Fiscal Years 1997 - -- IFC Health Investments, Fiscal Years 1997 - -- World Bank Support for Population -- World Bank Support for Nutrition -- World Bank Support for Analytic Work on HNP -- Additional Figures on World Bank HNP Lending, Analytic Work, and Staffing -- Evaluation of World Bank Participation in Two Global HNP Partnerships -- Management Response. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D. Appendix E. Appendix F. Appendix G. Appendix H. Appendix I. Appendix J.



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World Bank Group--Evaluation.


Poor--Medical care--Cross-cultural studies
Health services accessibility--Cross-cultural studies
Poor--Nutrition--Cross-cultural studies
Human services--Cross-cultural studies
Developing Countries
Public Health.
Financial Support
International Agencies.
International Cooperation.
Public Policy

RA418.5.P6 / I47 2009

306.461

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