TY - BOOK ED - World Bank. ED - International Finance Corporation ED - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. TI - Improving effectiveness and outcomes for the poor in health, nutrition, and population: an evaluation of World Bank Group support since 1997 SN - 9780821379509 AV - RA418.5.P6 I47 2009 U1 - 306.461 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank KW - World Bank Group KW - Evaluation KW - Poor KW - Medical care KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Health services accessibility KW - Nutrition KW - Human services KW - Developing Countries KW - Public Health KW - Financial Support KW - International Agencies KW - International Cooperation KW - Public Policy N1 - At head of title: IEG World Bank, IFC, MIGA; Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187); 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; Also available online UR - http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTOED/EXTWBASSHEANUTPOP/0,,contentMDK:22153992~menuPK:6080533~pagePK:64829573~piPK:64829550~theSitePK:4422776~isCURL:Y,00.html ER -