BY DOUGLAS A. HASTINGS S en. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) complained last week that the press had done a disservice to the country by virtually ignoring in its coverage of the health care reform bills the important payment and delivery system reform provisions. Now that the fate of comprehensive federal reform is uncertain, health care providers should not make the same mistake. Indeed, the loss of mom...

The electricity sectors in India have been undergoing signifi cant reforms since nineties. The initial status of the electricity sector when reform of the industry was initiated was very similar across all states in India. The state electricity boards prior to reform were vertically integrated public utilities, the distribution companies had signifi cant technical and commercial losses and the ...

This paper examines the role of provider payment policy as an instrument for addressing government and market failures and controlling costs in the health sector, particularly in developing countries. We empirically evaluate the impact of provider payment reform in Hainan province, China, on expenditures for different categories of services that had been subject to distorted prices under fee-fo...

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Executive Summary p. 1 1. Introduction p. 10 2. The goals of health sector reform p. 14 3. The performance of the workforce in health and its determinants p. 16 4. Distortions in the production and utilization of HRH and their impact p. 18 5. Approaches to achieving the objectives of sector reform p. 27 6. The nature and objectives of HRD p. 34 7. The scope of HRD p. 35 8. Actors involved in HR...

The Queensland health sector has been characterised as unique. The population has traditionally relied on the public sector to provide necessary hospital and other health services across the vast distances that make up the state, although there is a strong non-government sector also. More recently, and over the last 5-6 years stability and drive at the management level in the public sector has ...

Successful health-sector reform in developing countries is built on sustainable service delivery models that meet reform goals while addressing community needs. When government efforts fall short, innovative private-sector solutions can offer more-efficient alternatives that provide care to impoverished populations. We identify organizations that use elements of a focused care approach to overc...

nancial crisis, there have been many calls to expand regulatory oversight in the fi nancial sector. Previously, regulation focused primarily on the health of individual fi nancial institutions. Since the crisis, however, regulatory reform eff orts, such as the 2010 DoddFrank Act, have focused more on stability in the fi nancial sector as a whole, a concept known as “macroprudential” or “systemi...

This study underscores the strategic role – both political and economic – of banking sector reform in the overall pursuit of economic development and democratization. It compares trajectories of banking sector reform in Middle Eastern and African countries that have remained on the margins of the new global economy. A close look shows that their governments’ willingness to embrace reform has di...