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The Launch of Two Products from the Reaching the Poor II Project:
Analyzing Health Equity Using Household Survey Data
A Guide to Techniques and their Implementation
By Adam Wagstaff
There is a growing demand from policymakers, for better and more plentiful
household data and increased computer power. But progress in quantifying and
understanding health equities would not have been possible without appropriate
analytical techniques. This book provides researchers and analysts with a
step-by-step practical guide to the measurement of a variety of aspects of
health equity, with worked examples and computer code, mostly for the computer
program Stata. The book includes chapters dealing with data issues and the
measurement of the key variables in the health equity analysis (Part I),
quantitative techniques for interpreting and presenting health equity data (Part
II), and the application of these techniques in the analysis of equity in health
care utilization and health care spending (Part III).
Reaching the Poor Policy Briefs
In a world dominated by health sector inequalities some pockets of success
exist. The Reaching the Poor Policy Brief Series aims to share with a large
policy and advocacy audience evaluated examples of health programs and projects
that have successfully made health sector spending more progressive. The
evidence of hope in attacking inequality comes from Latin America, Africa and
Asia and covers instruments that range from targeted to universal programs, from
pilots to national campaigns, and covering demand-side, supply side and mixed
approaches. There is now growing evidence that inequality, while persistent, is
not inevitable. The solutions, however, are varied as the causes of the
problem. There is not one simple solution, but a set of policy options and
operational instruments that can be adapted to country/regional conditions,
needs, and constraints. The Policy Brief Series and a companion web-based
discussion forum are designed to support a growing community of practice of
policy makers, advocates, civil society, academia, and development partners that
share an objective of addressing social injustice in the health sector.
Tuesday, November 13
2:00 - 4:00 pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light refreshments will follow the event
For non bank staff, please rsvp to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
OPENING REMARKS
Rakesh Nangia
Acting Vice President, World Bank Institute
Julian F. Schweitzer
HNP Director, World Bank
Wijnand Marchal
First Secretary Economic, Dutch Embassy
PRESENTED BY:
Adam Wagstaff
co-author, Analyzing Health Equity; Lead Health Economist
Mr. Adam Wagstaff is a Lead Economist (Health) in the Development Research Group
(Human Development & Public Services Team). He has been an associate editor of
the Journal of Health Economics since 1989 and has published extensively on a
variety of aspects of health economics. Much of his work has involved
conceptual and empirical studies of equity, poverty and health. Outside health
economics, he has published on efficiency measurement in the public sector, the
measurement of trade union power, the redistributive effect and sources of
progressivity of the personal income tax, and the redistributive effect of
economic growth.
Abdo Yazbeck
co-author, Reaching the Poor with Health Services; Lead Health Economist
Mr. Abdo S. Yazbeck is a lead health economist and the program leader for the
World Bank Institute's Health and AIDS team. He served as a Coordinator of the
Health and Poverty Thematic Group of the Human Development Network working on
improving the poverty focus of the World Bank financed projects and on assisting
country clients in the development of Poverty Reduction Strategy papers and
programs (PRSP).
DISCUSSED BY:
Hugh Waters
Professor, Johns Hopkins
Dr. Hugh Waters is a Health Economist and Associate Professor in the Department
of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health. Dr. Waters? areas of expertise are: (1) health insurance and health
financing reforms; (2) evaluation of the effects of health financing mechanisms
on access, equity, and quality; and (3) economic evaluation of health care
interventions.
Maria Luisa Escobar
Fellow, Brookings Institute
Ms. Escobar is a Global Health Fellow at the Brookings Institute and a Senior
Advisor to the Health Financing Task Force. She has hands-on experience in the
design and implementation of health systems reform processes in developing
countries, in which she has participated in several capacities. On the
government's side, she has served the Colombian health system reform process as
a Director of Planning & Senior Advisor to the Minister on health financing
issues, priority setting and health policy.
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