Published July, 2016
By Kai Kaiser, Caryn Bredenkamp and Roberto Iglesias
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Excise taxes are targeted special taxes applied to a particular set of goods, such as cigarettes, beer, and spirits. Well designed, they can be a win-win, raising significant revenues for development and discouraging harmful consumption. Sin Tax Reform documents and draws lessons from how the Philippines implemented a major excise reform.

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Published May, 2016
By World Bank, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Professor Ramanan Laxminarayan, Robert Black, Marleen Temmerman and Neff Walker
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Published April, 2016
By World Bank, Huihui Wang, Roman Tesfaye, Gandham N.V. Romana, Chala Tesfaye Chekagn and Gandham N. V. Romana
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Published April, 2016
By World Bank, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Robert E. Black, Professor Ramanan Laxminarayan, Robert Black, Marleen Temmerman and Neff Walker
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Published April, 2016
By Ramanan Laxminarayan, Mrcpsych PhD Fmedsci Professor of International Mental Health Vikram Patel, Daniel Chisholm, Tarun Dua, Professor Ramanan Laxminarayan, Maria Lena Medina-Mora, Theo Vos, Vitram Pakel, Maria Elena Medina-Mora and Vikram Pakel
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The need to make decisions across an increasingly complex set of policy and intervention choices, attuned to specific health system capabilities, makes a third edition of Disease Control Priorities critical. Similar to the first and second editions, the aim of the third edition is to provide an up-to-date comprehensive review of the effectiveness of priority health interventions.

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Published March, 2016
By Ramanan Laxminarayan, Mrcpsych PhD Fmedsci Professor of International Mental Health Vikram Patel, Daniel Chisholm, Tarun Dua, Professor Ramanan Laxminarayan, Maria Lena Medina-Mora, Theo Vos, Vitram Pakel, Maria Elena Medina-Mora and Vikram Pakel
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Published November, 2015
By World Bank, Prabhat Jha, Hellen Gelband, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Susan Horton and Jha Prabhat
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Published November, 2015
By Safaa El-Kogali and Caroline Krafft
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Assesses the state of early childhood development (ECD) in MENA from before birth through age five, examining multiple dimensions of early development including health, nutrition, socio-emotional development, early learning, and early work.

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Published November, 2015
By World Bank, Iffat Mahmud and Nkosinathi Mbuya
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Provides a systematic review of the evidence to date on the relationship between water and sanitation and nutrition. It is meant to stimulate technical discussions and effective collaboration among relevant stakeholders.

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Published November, 2015
By Michael R. Reich, Cheryl S. Cashin, Akiko Maeda, Naoki Ikegami, Joseph Harris, Cheryl Cashin and Edson Araujo
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Los fines de la cobertura universal de salud son asegurar que toda la poblacion pueda acceder a servicios de salud de calidad. Parses que han logrado la cobertura universal de salud estan demostrando c6mo estos programas pueden servir como mecanismos esenciales de mejora de la salud.

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