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Population aging and Its macroeconomic implications: A framework for analysis

"This paper develops a model to examine the macroeconomic implications of population aging. Using a general equilibrium framework, the analysis examines the various channels through which changes in d...
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Resource added in: 01/08/2002
Available languages: English
Population Characteristics, Social Security, Demographic, Macroeconomic, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators

Social protection policy and practice in Bolivia: Its implications for Bolivia’s poverty reduction strategy paper

The objective of this paper is to document the nature and scope of social protection policy and practice in Bolivia, utilizing the World Bank’s social protection framework. The paper is divided into ...
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Resource added in: 01/08/2002
Available languages: English
Poverty, Social Security, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions, Poverty reduction

The need fore a more focused response: European donor policies toward internally displaced persons (IDPs)

...The central, ongoing policy debate among those who contributed insights to this paper is whether the humanitarian response to IDPs should be specifically “targeted” to this group or be integrated...
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Resource added in: 01/08/2002
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23543, 16081, Advocacy

Maternal mortality Update 2002 - a focus on emergency obstetric care

This edition of the UNFPA Maternal Mortality Update focuses on emergency obstetric care, anintervention that is fundamental to reducing maternal mortality worldwide, and analysesthe issue and shares t...
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Resource added in: 01/08/2002
Available languages: English
Maternal Mortality, Morbidity, Health Equity, Emergency Medical Services, Obstetrics, Measuring, Methods and Indicators

Mapping progress on the road to the knowledge economy: Brazil, China, and India

This article presents the knowledge assessment scorecards for Brazil, China, and India as well as that of the United States, which is one of the most knowledge-driven economies in the world. (Fall 200...
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Resource added in: 01/08/2002
Available languages: English
Technological Development, 23927, Economic Development, cyvocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators

Basic patterns in national health expenditure

This paper analyses national health accounts estimates for 191 World Health Organization Member States for 1997, using simple comparisons and linear regressions to describe spending on health and how ...
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Resource added in: 01/08/2002
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Health Expenditures, Financing, Personal, Health Care Sector, Linear Models, edanizedanizedanized, Measuring, Methods and Indicators

Scaling up the response to infectious diseases: a way out of poverty

This Report shows that just a few conditions are responsible for a high proportion of the avoidable deaths in poor countries - and that well-targeted measures. It will help decision makers see how we ...
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Resource added in: 01/08/2002
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Communicable Diseases, Malaria, HIV, Health Equity

Poverty and health sector inequalities

This paper provides an overview of research relating to inequalities in health to the disadvantage of the poor, and to changes in impoverishment and income inequality associated with payments for heal...
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Resource added in: 01/08/2002
Available languages: English
Evidence-Based Medicine, Poverty, Health Status, Health Services Accessibility, Social Justice, Health Equity, Income, Financing, Organized, Advocacy, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util

Sistema de Informação da Atenção Básica - SIAB

Sistema desenvolvido pelo Ministério da Saúde para monitoramento dos indicadores de saúde das populações, a partir de informações dos agentes e das equipes de Saúde da Família. O site traz in...
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Resource added in: 31/07/2002
Available languages: Portuguese
Public Health, Health Policy, Planning and Management, Program Evaluation, 50230, Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms, Delivery of Health Care, Information Systems, Basic Health Services, Family Health, ITD, PSF, ORGADMIN, MINSAU

Boletim Informativo da ANVISA

A página disponibiliza os números dos boletins informativos da ANVISA de 1999 a 2002.
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Resource added in: 31/07/2002
Available languages: Portuguese
Public Health, Health Surveillance, Vigilância em saúde, PUBLICAÇÕES PERIÓDICAS, PUBLICAÇÕES