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Assessing Inequalities in Healthcare Spending in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia: Data and Methods
A new study examines the distributional incidence of healthcare spending in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the techniques used to conduct the analysis will help key decisions on both future policy and future data collection.
Published in January 2021
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Distributional Effects of Healthcare Spending: Lessons from Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia
The distribution of both public healthcare spending and overall healthcare spending has become increasingly egalitarian in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia, according to a new study. Nevertheless, there remain significant regional differences within countries. In addition, limitations in data
Published in January 2021
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Zambia: Resource-rich but vulnerable to shocks
Zambia, located in the north of Southern Africa and home to fewer than 18 million people, has built its development model on the abundance of natural, mainly mineral, resources. The country ranks as Africa’s second and the world’s tenth largest copper producer. In addition, the country has a
Published in September 2020
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Estimating the distributional incidence of healthcare spending on maternal health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Benefit Incidence Analysis in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Zambia
Improving access to maternal health services is a critical policy concern, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where maternal mortality rates remain very high, particularly so among the poorest segments of society. Hence, following the global call to reduce maternal mortality embedded in the
Published in September 2020
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Estimating the distributional incidence of healthcare spending on curative health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Benefit Incidence Analysis in Burkina Faso, Malawi and Zambia
Sub-Saharan African countries have been experiencing a persistently high level of inequality in access to healthcare services. Following the global call to eliminate health inequalities worldwide, different investments in health policies towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) have been made in
Published in August 2020
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Zambia: Clear as the province copperbelt water
sanitation systems in the country are more than 50 years old, in a poor state and struggling to meet growing demand. In peri-urban areas, water and sanitation access rates remain low, as the infrastructure has not kept up with the pace of urbanization.
This project aims to extend and secure sanitation and drinking water services in three cities in Copperbelt Province, thus improving the living conditions of 530,000 people by 2050.
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Published in February 2020
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Do Forest-Management Plans and FSC Certification Help Avoid Deforestation in the Congo Basin?
% lower in concessions with an FMP compared to others. Building on a theory of change, further analyses revealed that this decrease in deforestation takes time to occur and is highest around communities located in and nearby logging concessions, and in areas close to previous deforestation. These
Published in April 2019
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Adapt'Action: Addressing Climate Impacts Together
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AFD has set up Adapt’Action, a tool which assists countries in the implementation of these commitments for a more resilient development. Through technical assistance and capacity building, Adapt’Action acts as a driver for facilitating access to international climate finance for countries and
Published in January 2019
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Southern Africa: Biodiversity
Southern Africa has a rich natural heritage of global significance to the world’s climate and biological diversity. Unfortunately, the capacity of nature to maintain this biological wealth is rapidly diminishing due to habitat loss and degradation resulting from unsustainable development
Published in September 2018
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Southern Africa: Research and development
Research is a fundamental first step toward designing successful development projects, as it gives important insights into the political, socio-economic and environmental context in which projects will be implemented. Research helps fine-tune development projects to the realities on the ground, as
Published in September 2018
