Private and Public Initiatives: Working Together for Health and Education~WorldBank directions in development

摘要

;Contents: Private and Public Initiatives: Working Together for Health andEducation (Changing Roles in a Changing World, Important Developments of Recent Decades, Historical Roots of Present Trends, The Current Situation, Comparing Different Options, The Role of the World Bank); Examples of World Bank Assistance: Reports from the Field (Kenya's Training of Small-Scale Entrepreneurs, Private Girl's Schools Help Close Pakistan's Education Gender Gap, Bolivia Moves from Crisis Management to Investment in the Future, Home-grown Initiatives Bring Better Services to Mothers and Children in India's Slums, Does Colombia's Education Voucher System Work, Controlling AIDS in Burkina Faso, Making Mexico's Workers Competitive in a World Economy, Improving Health in Rural Panama, Reducing Poverty and Its Burdens, Peru-style, Uruguay Seeks More Private, Less Public Health Provision, Pakistan's Social Action Program Goes Local, Improving Health Care in Uganda Is a Private Matter, Estonia's Brand New Private Sector Helps Modernize Health Care, Brazil's AIDS Program Brings NGOs into Center Focus).