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Private health insurance for the poor

Development countries bear over 90% of the world’s disease burden. The OECD DevCentre offer’s their policy insight on how private health insurance can help lighten this oppressive weight: Private…

Pablo H.|
Environment, Health, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Trade

LifeStraw: invention of the century?

The aptly-named LifeStraw... is a personal, low-cost water purification tool with a life time of 700 litres - approximately one year of water consumption for one person... that could become one of…

Pablo H.|
Environment, Health, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Transport

Call for development focused radio/TV shows

For the first time the World Bank is sponsoring a special category at the annual Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Awards which will promote excellence in the radio and TV coverage of…

Pablo H.|
Environment, Health, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Transport

Better an incompetent for-profit doctor than a competent government-funded one

The caped crusader, Adamsmithee, points us to an incredible and rather sad piece of research from our World Bank colleagues Jishnu Das and Jeffrey Hammer. Looking at doctors in Delhi, they…

Tim Harford|
Environment, Health, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Water
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