This book draws on evidence from a large number of developing countries to assess the impact of market reforms on the provision of education and health services. The contributors show that approaches that seek merely to pass more of their costs to consumers perform less well than is often claimed and that improved cost-effectiveness of health and education systems requires far more than changes in the sources and mechanisms of obtaining finance.
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This book draws on evidence from a large number of developing countries to assess the impact of market reforms on the provision of education and health services. The contributors show that approaches that seek merely to pass more of their costs to consumers perform less well than is often claimed and that improved cost-effectiveness of health and education systems requires far more than changes in the sources and mechanisms of obtaining finance.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 0198292554.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 0198292554.
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Textual tables. Slight page-edge bump, minor page-edge soil, VG., dustwrapper. 24x16cm, x, 378 pp. Contains 13 papers. Includes; C. Colclough "Education, Health & the Market; An Introduction"; A. Creese & J. Kutzin "Lessons from Cost Recovery in Health"; J.B.G. Tilak "Lessons from Cost Recovery in Education"; S. Bennett "Private Health Care & Public Policy Objectives"; S. Bashir "The Cost Effectiveness of Public & Private Schools: Knowledge Gaps, New Research Methodologies, & an Application in India"; E.M. King "Who Really Pays for Education? The Roles of Government & Families in Indonesia"; M. Bray "Community Financing of Education: Rationales, Mechanisms & Policy Implications in Less Developed Countries"; C. Normand "Health Insurance: A Solution to the Financing Gap? "; G. Bloom "Financing Rural Health Services: Lessons from China"; A. Mills "Improving the Efficiency of Public Sector Health Services in Developing Countries: Bureaucratic versus Market Approaches"; C. Colclough "Improving the Cost Effectiveness of Education Systems: An Assessment, & an Illustration from South Africa"; R.S.L. Burgess "Fiscal Reform & the Extension of Basic Health & Education Coverage"; N. Birdsall & R. Hecht "Swimming Against the Tide: Strategies for Improving Equity in Health".
