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Swimming Against the Tide: Strategies for Improving Equity in Health

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  • Birdsall, Nancy
  • Hecht, Robert

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The evidence shows that government spending for health in many developing countries benefits the well-to-do more than the poor. However, a combination of favorable political forces and sound public policies can shift the focus of government expenditures toward the poor. Doing this is an essential part of any effective poverty reduction program in developing countries.

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  • Birdsall, Nancy & Hecht, Robert, 1995. "Swimming Against the Tide: Strategies for Improving Equity in Health," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1146, Inter-American Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:brikps:1146
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010748
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    1. Michael Gavin & Ricardo Hausmann & Eduardo Lora & Carmen Pagés & William D. Savedoff & Miguel Székely & Glenn D. Westley, 1999. "Facing Up to Inequality in Latin America," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 66278 edited by Eduardo Lora, February.
    2. Gavin, Michael & Hausmann, Ricardo & Lora, Eduardo & Pagés, Carmen & Savedoff, William D. & Székely, Miguel & Westley, Glenn D., 1999. "Facing Up to Inequality in Latin America," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 379, August.

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