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Human Development and Public Services

The 2005-08 research program explores four broad areas: (1) inequalities in human development; (2) service delivery and institutions to support human development; (3) aid effectiveness, and (4) workers and labor markets.

Research Manager: Elizabeth M. King

Research Highlights 2007

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Public Health in Chad: Connecting Spending and Results
August 21, 2008 - The capture and leakage of public funds in the social sectors deprive poor people of the education or health care they need. A recent study in Chad shows that when public funds reach health centers, they make a positive difference in people’s access to health care, a reason why it is important to ensure that they do.
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Exploring New Policy Questions in HIV/AIDS Treatment
August 1, 2008 - World Bank researchers work with country partners to collect and analyze new survey data that could shape future health policy and improve the design of HIV/AIDS treatment programs. More>
  

New book 

Data Against Disasters: Establishing Effective Systems for Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction
August 2008 - This book will be useful to policy makers and others working in post-calamity situations who are seeking to design new monitoring systems or to improve existing ones for disaster response management. Order | Download 


Last updated: 2008-08-11




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Featured Resources
Data Against Disasters (2008)
Are You Being Served? New Tools for Measuring Service Delivery (2008)
Analyzing Health Equity Using Household Survey Data (Nov 2007)
WDR 2007: Development and the Next Generation
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