Safeguarding the health sector in times of macroeconomic instability : policy lessons for low- and middle-income countries / editors: Slim Haddad, Enis Barış, Delampady Narayana.

Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press ; Ottawa, ON : International Development Research Centre, [2008], ©2008.

xii, 360 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm

The MAPhealth project: a multi-country initiative -- Macroeconomic adjustment policies and health sector reform: surveying the literature -- Methodological issues in evaluating public policy -- Health sector reform under macroeconomic adjustment in Burkina Faso: lost opportunities? -- Aiming for equity in Colombia's health system reform: achievements and continuing challenges -- Adjustment and health sector reforms: the solution to low public spending on health care in India? -- High health achievements and good access to health care at great cost: the emerging Kerala situation -- Reform without structural change: conserving traditional sources of power and prestige in Mexico's segmented health market -- The evolution of Thailand's health system after three crises, three adjustments, and three decades of growth -- Safeguarding the health sector in times of macroeconomic instability: policy lessons from Zimbabwe -- Political will and adaptive strategies: keys to safeguarding health in diverse cases with varied reforms.

Includes bibliographical references and index.