Service provision for the poor : public and private sector cooperation / edited by Gudrun Kochend�orfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic. - Washington, D.C. : World Bank : InWEnt, 2004. - vii, 162 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Berlin Workshop series ; 2004 . - Berlin Workshop series ; 2004. .

"The articles in this volume were presented at the fifth annual Berlin Workshop, held in July 2002"--P. 1.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Making service work for poor people: a scholar's perspective / Why is a World Development Report on making services work for poor people needed? / Poverty in Russia / The experience of the private not-for-profit health sector in Uganda / Basic services: a basic right / The Madrasa Early Childhood Programme in East Africa / Evidence from a study of vouchers for private schooling in Colombia / The rural private practicioner / Delivering infrastructure: a strategic framework / Employment of farmers and poverty alleviation in China / Getting health services to the poor: incentives, efficiency, and health system performance / Bolivia's plan for achieving education for all goals / Rushing to help the poor through participation many be self-defeating / Tanzania's experience with education / How aid modalities influence the effectiveness of public expenditures in developing countries: a bilateral donor perspective / Financing development / Conclusion: making services work for poor people / Gudrun Kochend�orfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic -- Wolf-Dieter Eberwein -- Nicholas H. Stern -- Boris Nemstov -- Daniele Giusti -- Jeremy Hobbs -- Kathy Bartlett -- Michael Kremer -- Hema Viswanathan -- Junaid K. Ahmad -- Yuzhao Wang -- Orvill Adams and William Savedoff -- John Newman -- Jean-Philippe Platteau -- Mwatumu J. Malale -- Olav H. Sim -- Thomas Wollenzien -- Shantayannan Devarajan and Ritva Reinikka. The role of altruistically motivated organizations in making services work for poor people -- The role of the private sector -- The role of local governments -- Incentives and innovations -- Modes of financing --

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