Resources for

Featured Readings

	May 2007 - Healthy Development: The World Bank Strategy for Health, Nutrition, and Population Results, by The World Bank, 2007

	November 2006 - Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (2nd Edition), Edited by Dean T. Jamison et. al.

	June 2006 - Health Financing Revisited: A Practitioner's Guideby Pablo Gottret and George Schieber, eds., March 2006.

	May 2006 - Rolling Back Malaria: The World Bank Global Strategy & Booster Program, by World Bank, June 2005.

	April 2006 - Market Driven Health Care - Who Wins, Who Loses in the Transformation of America's Largest Service Industry, by Regina Herzlinger, May 1998.

	March 2006 - Spending Wisely: Buying Health Services for the Poor, by Alexander S. Preker and John C. Langenbrunner, WB, June 2005. See related Economic Viewpoint.

	February 2006 - Reaching the Poor with Health, Nutrition & Population Services, D. Gwatkin, A. Wagstaff, A. Yazbeck eds., WB, 2005. (pdf 1.51MB). See related Economic Viewpoint.

	January 2006 - Towards a 21st Century Health System: The Contribution and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice, by Alain Enthoven and Laura A. Tollen. See related Economic Viewpoint.

	December 2005 - HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention in India: Modeling the Costs and Consequences, by Mead Over, Elliot Marseille, Julian Gold, Peter Heywood, Subhash Hira, Indrani Gupta, June 2004. See related Economic Viewpoint.

	November 2005 - The Millennium Development Goals for Health: Rising to the Challenge, by The World Bank, 2004. The report provides data on progress and trends in reaching the Millennium Development Goals for health, nutrition and population. See related Leadership Forum.

	October 2005 - Les Mutuelles de sante en Afrique, by Maria-Pia Waelkens and Bart Criel. The authors explore the reasons why membership uptake with community health insurance in Africa has remained low while there has been an overall expansion in the total number of such organizations. See related Leadership Forum.

	September 2005 - Mieux piloter l'hôpital : les tableaux de bord, by Eric De Roodenbeke. Guide to hospital organization in developing countries. See related Leadership Forum.

	August 2005 - Health Financing for Poor People: Resource Mobilization and Risk Sharing, Edited by Alexander S. Preker, Guy Carrin, 2004. The authors explore policy options for non governmental financing of health care in low income countries. See related Economic Viewpoint.

	July 2005 - Health and Economic Growth, G. Lopez-Casasnovas, L. Currais and B. Rivera (eds.). MIT Press, 2005. This book explores the explicit mechanisms by which a population's individual and collective health status affect a nation's economic development and performance. See related Economic Viewpoint.

	June 2005 - Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 4th ed., edited by James McEwen, Robert Beaglehole and Heizo Tanaka, 2002. This textbook covers the scope of public health; methods of research, both quantitative and qualitative; and the practical applications of public health principles. See related Leadership Forum.

	May 2005 - Improving Health, Nutrition and Population Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of the World Bank, by The World Bank, 2004. The report sets a new strategic direction for the World Bank's work in health in Africa. (Also available in French). See related Leadership Forum.

	April 2005 - Epidemic of Care: A Call for Safer, Better and More Accountable Health Careby George C. Halvorson and George J. Isham, MD. April, 2003. This book reviews the role of managed care in improving quality of health care, costs, and coverage for the uninsured. See related Leadership Forum.

	March 2005 - Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries by the OECD Health Project, 2005. See related Economic Viewpoint.

	February 2005 - Knowledge Services for Private Sector Development This site offers best practice public policy advice for private sector led growth in developing countries. See related Leadership Forum.

	January 2005 - Improving Health, Nutrition and Population Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of the World Bank, by The World Bank, 2004. The report sets a new strategic direction for the World Bank's work in health in Africa. (Also available in French). See related Leadership Forum.

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