Revisiting health policy and the World Bank in Bolivia

Global Social Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-44

  Silva, Herland Tejerina ^a   de Paepe, Pierre ^b   Soors, Werner ^b   Lanza, Oscar V ^c   Closon, Marie Christine ^a   van Dessel, Patrick ^b   Unger, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Belgium)

^c San Andrés Public University of La Paz   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; health policy; health sector reform; integration; World Bank

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFORM PROCESS; WORLD BANK;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 79955570185     PISSN: 14680181     EISSN: 17412803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468018110391999     Document Type: Review

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