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1 online resource (188 pages) |
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World Bank studies series ; R67 |
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World Bank e-Library
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| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviation; 1. Poverty and the Policy Response to the Economic Crisis in Liberia: Brief Overview; PART I: POVERTY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT DIAGNOSTIC; 2. Poverty in Liberia: Level, Profile, and Determinants; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; Tables; Table 2.1: Scale used to compute consumption per equivalent adult; Table 2.2: Basic needs food consumption basket, 2007; Table 2.3: Poverty lines, 2007 (annual in local currency, per equivalent adult); 3. Poverty Profile and Determinants |
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Table 2.4: Poverty profile based on consumption per equivalent adult, 2007Table 2.5: Extreme poverty profile based on consumption per equivalent adult, 2007; Figures; Figure 2.1: Stochastic dominance by residence area, 2007; Figure 2.2: Poverty and per capita GDP (logarithmic scale); Table 2.6: Comparison of Liberia with FCFA West and Central African countries; Table 2.7: Subjective perceptions of poverty and ability to meet basic needs, 2007; Table 2.8: Subjective indicators on vulnerability to shocks of households, 2007; Figure 2.3: Growth and poverty simulations, 2007 |
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Table 2.9: Liberia--selected economic and financial indicators, 2003-10Table 2.10: Correlates or determinants of poverty, 2007; 4. Conclusion; Annex: Sensitivity of Poverty Estimates to Caloric Threshold; Annex Table 2A.1: Headcount index of poverty and sensitivity to the caloric threshold; 3. Education in Liberia: Basic Diagnostic Using the 2007 CWIQ Survey; 1. Introduction; 2. School Enrollment, Reason for Not Enrolling, and Satisfaction with Schools; Table 3.1: Net and gross enrollment rates in primary and secondary schools, 2007; Table 3.2: Type of school attended, 2007 |
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Table 3.3: Reason for never starting going to school, 2007Table 3.4a: Reason for not enrolling for previously enrolled children by age, 2007; Table 3.4b: Reason for not enrolling for previously enrolled boys, 2007; Table 3.4c: Reason for not enrolling for previously enrolled girls, 2007; Table 3.5: Private household expenditure for education, shares, 2007; Table 3.6: Private household expenditure for education, amounts, 2007; Table 3.7: Average time (in minutes) to the nearest infrastructure, 2007; Table 3.8: Problems encountered at school, primary, 2007 |
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Table 3.9: Problems encountered at school, secondary, 2007Table 3.10: Problems encountered at school, post-secondary, 2007; Table 3.11: Problems encountered at school, all levels, 2007; 3. Benefit Incidence of Public Spending for Education; Figure 3.1: Concentration curve of enrollment in public schools, 2007; Table 3.12a: Distribution of enrolled students by grade, all types of schooling, 2007; Table 3.12b: Distribution of enrolled students by grade, public schools only, 2007; 4. Correlates of School Enrollment; Table 3.13: Determinants of school enrollment, 2007; 5. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Any analysis of health financing issues has to begin with sound estimates of the level and flow of resources in a health system, including total levels of spending, the sources of health expenditures, the uses of funds in terms of services purchased, and in terms of who purchases them. The analysis should also aim at understanding how these resource flows are correlated with health system outcomes, including those of improving health, reducing health inequalities, and reducing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure. National Health Accounts (NHA) provide a framework to collect, compi |
| Notes |
4. Health in Liberia: Basic Diagnostic Using the 2007 CWIQ Survey |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
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Poverty -- Government policy -- Liberia
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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Economic history
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Poverty -- Government policy
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| SUBJECT |
Liberia -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Liberia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780821389478 |
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0821389475 |
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9780821389799 |
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0821389793 |
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