1. Investing for the Few: The IFC's Health in Africa initiative
- Author:
- Anna Marriott and Jessica Hamer
- Publication Date:
- 09-2014
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has publicly stated that achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and equity in health are central to reaching the two new overarching World Bank Group goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and boost shared prosperity. Jim Kim has also rightly emphasized the need to close the gap in access to quality health services for the poorest 40 percent of the population and to eliminate point-of-service payments that impoverish people in every country.
- Topic:
- Government, Health, Foreign Direct Investment, World Bank, and Health Care Policy
- Political Geography:
- Africa