World Development Report 2004 : Making Services Work for Poor People

Too often, services fail poor people in access, in quality, and in affordability. But the fact that there are striking examples where basic services such as water, sanitation, health, education, and electricity do work for poor people means that governments and citizens can do a better job of provid...

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spelling okr-10986-59862021-04-23T14:02:24Z World Development Report 2004 : Making Services Work for Poor People World Bank Services Poverty Millennium Development Goals Human Development Education Health services Drinking water and sanitation Public sector management Donors Health Care Health Interventions Health Outcomes Health Services Immunization Midwifery Mortality Nutrition Public Health Sex Workers Too often, services fail poor people in access, in quality, and in affordability. But the fact that there are striking examples where basic services such as water, sanitation, health, education, and electricity do work for poor people means that governments and citizens can do a better job of providing them. Learning from success and understanding the sources of failure, this year’s World Development Report, argues that services can be improved by putting poor people at the center of service provision. How? By enabling the poor to monitor and discipline service providers, by amplifying their voice in policymaking, and by strengthening the incentives for providers to serve the poor. Freedom from illness and freedom from illiteracy are two of the most important ways poor people can escape from poverty. To achieve these goals, economic growth and financial resources are of course necessary, but they are not enough. The World Development Report provides a practical framework for making the services that contribute to human development work for poor people. With this framework, citizens, governments, and donors can take action and accelerate progress toward the common objective of poverty reduction, as specified in the Millennium Development Goals. 2012-04-06T19:46:08Z 2012-04-06T19:46:08Z 2003 0-8213-5468-X 978-0-8213-5468-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5986 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank India
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topic Services
Poverty
Millennium Development Goals
Human Development
Education
Health services
Drinking water and sanitation
Public sector management
Donors
Health Care
Health Interventions
Health Outcomes
Health Services
Immunization
Midwifery
Mortality
Nutrition
Public Health
Sex Workers
spellingShingle Services
Poverty
Millennium Development Goals
Human Development
Education
Health services
Drinking water and sanitation
Public sector management
Donors
Health Care
Health Interventions
Health Outcomes
Health Services
Immunization
Midwifery
Mortality
Nutrition
Public Health
Sex Workers
World Bank
World Development Report 2004 : Making Services Work for Poor People
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description Too often, services fail poor people in access, in quality, and in affordability. But the fact that there are striking examples where basic services such as water, sanitation, health, education, and electricity do work for poor people means that governments and citizens can do a better job of providing them. Learning from success and understanding the sources of failure, this year’s World Development Report, argues that services can be improved by putting poor people at the center of service provision. How? By enabling the poor to monitor and discipline service providers, by amplifying their voice in policymaking, and by strengthening the incentives for providers to serve the poor. Freedom from illness and freedom from illiteracy are two of the most important ways poor people can escape from poverty. To achieve these goals, economic growth and financial resources are of course necessary, but they are not enough. The World Development Report provides a practical framework for making the services that contribute to human development work for poor people. With this framework, citizens, governments, and donors can take action and accelerate progress toward the common objective of poverty reduction, as specified in the Millennium Development Goals.
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