... [18-20] Task shifting, including the development of new professional cadres, has been occurring for decades in both high -income countries (e.g in the USA, see Hooker) and low- income countries, but ... workers being trained in one year in vocational schools in Ethiopia, to assistant medical officers being trained in obstetrics in Mozambique, to physician assistants being trained in the United ... to increase productive efficiency and reduce the time needed to scale up, resulting in increased patient access and a reduction in health worker training and wage bill costs Task shifting includes...
... strengthening leadership and management This includes: o supporting countries, with a focus on low- income countries, in using the framework and documenting how leadership and management strengthening ... strengthening health leadership and management in lowincome countries; • recommendations on actions (for WHO and others) to further strengthen health leadership and management in low- incomecountries ... Goals (also available in French) Working paper Improving Health System Financing in Low- IncomeCountries (forthcoming) Working paper Opportunities for Global Health Initiatives in the Health Systems...
... Redefining foodsecurityand debunking agro-industry myths 47 48 ISYP Journal on Science and World Affairs, Vol 1, No 1, 2005 The concept of foodsecurity has been undergoing many changes during ... come into the forefront in the assessment and accounting for today’s foodsecurity It is within this context that M S Swaminathan has proposed a comprehensive definition of foodsecurityin preparation ... developing countries to support actions aimed at protecting biodiversity and indigenous knowledge Biotechnology andfoodsecurityin developing countries The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety According...
... Agriculture andFoodSecurityin Africa widely recognized as increasing foodsecurityin this context, particularly in rain fed agricultural 39 produced per farm leads to household foodsecurity ... technology and knowledge to produce it, and who has Box shows the factors contributing to food insecurity in Africa, both natural and those caused 12 13 14 15 Organic Agriculture andFoodSecurityin ... land and water degradation is increasingly posing a threat to foodsecurityand the increased production and more imports will mean per capita consumption will increase by 2015, a person living...
... resources planning; communication or marketing plan development Mentoring; training NGO staff; teaching students; educating community members Writing or revising Standard Operating Procedures ... careful selection, training, and matching of Fellows to Organizations Other problems generally contributing to the lack of success in achieving Fellowship goals included: ▪ The Fellow did not have ... of addressing social problems while also furthering the company's strategic interests and expanding core business [13] Strengthening health services in poor countries is an area where interdependent...
... estimate the life years gained with early and late treatment strategies inlowincomecountriesIn the absence of randomized clinical trials, we model life years gained by using best available evidence ... bias and report net life years gained from different starting strategies in order to provide adequate information to make a rational clinical decision on this issue in a lowincome setting Our ... systematically Life years gained by different CD4 starting points is necessary information for making informed choices about early or late start of treatment Studies inlowincomecountries have found...
... highest inlowand middle incomecountries [21] Abegunde et al calculated that chronic diseases were responsible for around 50% of the total disease burden in 23 selected lowand middle incomecountries ... Improving the prevention and management of chronic disease in low- incomeand middle -income countries: a priority for primary health care Lancet 2008, 372:940-949 16 Busse R, Blümel M, Schell-Kreinsen ... The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low- incomeand middleincome countries Lancet 2007, 370:1929-1938 van Olmen et al Globalization and Health 2011, 7:38 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/38...
... developing countries, disaggregated into low- income countries, small low- incomecountries (the former group excluding countries with a population above 100 million people), and middle -income countries ... IMF in Low- IncomeCountries Jan Derk Brilman, Irene Jansen and Ernst van Koesveld Exit Strategies from Fund Financing The Fund’s Signaling Role in Low- IncomeCountries The IMF and Debt Sustainability ... role in pushing for crossborder liberalisation in both developed and developing countriesIn From: Protecting the Poor - Global Financial Institutions and the Vulnerability of Low- Income Countries...
... the other hand, Figure Circular flow of incomein the multiplier process Increase in agricultural exports s A Ind s Increase in agricultural linkages A Increase in nonagricultural B C linkages 14 ... Accounting Matrices and Multiplier Analysis Increase in factor incomes and employment Tax leakage Increase in household incomes and Import leakage Government Rest of world changes in exogenous demand ... Backward linkages Indirect linkages Forward linkages FoodSecurityin Practice 13 products The size of consumption linkages depends on various factors, including the share of factor income distributed...
... Cardiopathies 6Poverty line is calculated according to total income, and number and age of people in the household, as per National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) guidelines ical and psychosocial ... The Argentinean Spanish version of the PedsQL™ 4.0 showed good construct and discriminant validity properties in this low- income setting, making this instrument suitable for research use In order ... cognitive interviews was carried out in 30 children and parents and confirmed that the final Argentinean Spanish PedsQL™ was understandable and conceptually equivalent to the original instrument...
... each lowincome country in the application of the DSF and borrowing from the IMF, it is necessary that these be conducted in a collaborative and transparent manner by the two institutions working ... allocate funds for low- incomecountries taking into account both “need” and “performance.” Country performance is to be assessed using the CPIA comprised of four clusters accounting for 80 percent ... - replacing foregone credit reflows through additional donor financing, reducing the concessionality of IDA credits, and levying upfront charges on grant recipients Additional financing by donors...
... Allen and Gobind Nankani, IMF and IDA, February 3, 2004 Debt Sustainability and Financing Terms in IDA 14, IDA, June 2004 turn is dependent among other things on the CPIA done for each borrowing ... (grant and or credit) is tied to the Performance Based Allocation (PBA) system used by IDA which in Debt Sustainability inLowIncome Countries: Proposal for an Operational Framework and Policy ... the Boards of the World Bank and IMF in February and March 2004 and by the Development Committee in April Following these discussions and endorsement of the general principles of the framework,...
... reiterate that the principal objective of the framework is to assist low- incomecountries maintain sustainable debt levels and reduce the risk to IDA of debt problems in the countriesin which IDA will ... distress and the debt thresholds for the chosen indicators are policy decisions that need to be made Footnote 19 in “Debt Sustainability inLowIncomeCountries by Mark Allen and Gobind Nankani, ... stock indicator and the debt service ratio are the two indicators used in the DSF to assess debt distress of the lowincomecountries The second step is to assess how the indicators fare in relation...
... Bank allocates funds for low- incomecountries taking into account both “need” and “performance.” The CPIA is an important input in calculating a country’s performance rating In order to establish ... external debt; and management and sustainability of the development program; • Structural policies, including trade policy and foreign exchange regime; financial stability and depth; banking sector ... governance in the ICP rating from 67 to 60 percent while increasing the average per capita allocation of IDA funds to countriesin the bottom quintile by about one-third When examining the possibility...
... again raises equity concerns that it is intended to address Financing of Grants Grant financing during IDA 14 will compromise the future viability of IDA as credit reflows are financing an increasing ... maintaining the principle that prevailed during IDA 13 that grant funds will be available for IDA only countries, a grant allocation will not be possible Instead, the combination of IBRD loan and ... 50 years including a grace period of 10 years, changed in 1987 Since then, the repayment period for IDA only countries has been shortened to 40 years and 35 years for blend countriesIn each case...
... again raises equity concerns that it is intended to address Financing of Grants Grant financing during IDA 14 will compromise the future viability of IDA as credit reflows are financing an increasing ... maintaining the principle that prevailed during IDA 13 that grant funds will be available for IDA only countries, a grant allocation will not be possible Instead, the combination of IBRD loan and ... adequate level is a more certain way of partly meeting the financing needs brought about by reduced reflows Levying no charge is contrary to the IDA practice of recovering administrative expenses from...
... shortterm debt to international reserves Indicators of fiscal vulnerability should also be estimated for all lowincomecountries The PBA System Debt Sustainability inLowIncome Countries: Further ... Concerns and Issues Debt Sustainability Framework There are several concerns relating to the DSFs that need to be kept in mind and taken account of in determining a country’s strategy for mobilizing ... be implemented calling for higher volumes of concessional lending and grants Given the importance of DSAs for each lowincome country in the application of the DSF and borrowing from the IMF,...
... grant-dependent during IDA 14 Since more countries will find themselves increasingly reliant on external grant financing, the international financial institutions (IFIs) project that the demand for grants could ... international community, in general, and IDA, in particular, to allocate credits and grants to low- incomecountriesin ways that foster debt sustainability and achievement of the MDGs Recommendations ... Thresholds and Indicators 65 Lowincomecountries that exceed the debt thresholds will find that their capacity to borrow will decline There are 34 countries that will be grant-dependent during IDA...
... long and short-term debt Debt Burden Ratios a) The total debt outstanding to GDP or GNI ratio compares the amount of disbursed debt outstanding to the size of the economy b) The total debt outstanding ... total debt outstanding to exports of goods and non-factor services ratio measures the ability of the country to repay its debt in a single year from its earnings from goods and non-factor services ... non-factor services c) Public debt outstanding to GDP or GNI ratio compares the total of domestic and external outstanding to the size of the economy Present Value Indicators a) The Present Value of...
... Matthew Martin in Africa Report, NSI, 2002 11 Debt Sustainability inLowIncome Countries, Allen and Nankani, IMF & IDA, February 2004 12 Debt Sustainability and Financing Terms in IDA 14, IDA, ... diversified and competitive financial sectors that include insurance, equity and debt finance and non-bank savings institutions An independent agency or agencies effectively regulate banks and non-banks ... present nominal scores The following tables present the World Bank’s aggregated performance ratings of low- income borrowing governments relative to one another While the letter grades and the quintiles...