Health

Back to the future? Amid complex crisis, weak spending prospects threaten fragile health systems—again

In the 1980s and 90s, a convergence of factors including high debt burdens contributed to severe and prolonged weakening of health systems in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Christoph Kurowski, David B. Evans, Martin Schmidt, Alexander Irwin, Ajay Tandon, Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou, Iryna Postolovska|
Health

Health and water projects bring real change to Cambodians

The World Bank’s strong partnership with Cambodia supports the country’s strategic goals of maintaining its robust economic growth record, improving access to and quality of public services,…

Phaloeuk Kong|
Health, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Water

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for September 1-15

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published in the first half of September 2022 on various topics,…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Agriculture and Food, Financial Sector, Governance, Health, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Social Protection

Three things we learnt about COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and intra-household dynamics in Zambia

New research brings to light the importance of household dynamics in shaping people’s acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines and provides insights that can be used to increase vaccine uptake in low-…

Christopher Hoy, Rajalakshmi Kanagavel, Corey Morales Cameron|
Education, Governance, Health, Poverty, Social Protection

The impact of gas flaring on child health in Nigeria

Most of the focus on the impact of flaring gas has been on the economic impacts, and its ability to harm human health has largely been ignored. This paper bridges this gap by linking data from…

Omoniyi Alimi, John Gibson|
Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Governance, Health, Poverty
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