Tuesday, November 4, 2008

[EQ] In Spanish: La transformaci=?iso-8859-1?Q?=F3n_productiva,_2_0_A=F1os_Despu=E9s?=

La transformación productiva, 20 Años Después

Viejos Problemas Nuevas oportunidades

 

Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL), 2008

 

Disponible en texto completo – PDF [345p.] en:

http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/7/33277/2008-117-SES.32-Latransformacion-WEB_OK.pdf

 

“…..En el capítulo I se examina el desempeño de América Latina y el Caribe en la economía mundial y las oportunidades que se abren para la región en el nuevo escenario global. Después de un análisis de las tendencias de largo plazo en materia de convergencia y disparidades en la evolución del producto por habitante, se presentan algunas consideraciones respecto de los procesos de crecimiento económico y de la transformación productiva.

 

En el capítulo II se pasa revista al desempeño económico y exportador de la región en el último cuarto de siglo. En primer lugar, se examina la evolución macroeconómica de la región. Se analiza el papel del incremento de la productividad como factor del crecimiento y su estrecha relación con la dinámica de la estructura productiva.

 

La dinámica tecnológica en la región y las oportunidades para mejorar el desempeño de las empresas y de los productos exportados constituyen el tema central del capítulo III. Después de comparar los esfuerzos nacionales de investigación y desarrollo y su eficacia relativa, se examina la conducta innovadora de las empresas en varios países de la región y su impacto sobre la productividad, los salarios y las exportaciones; también se identifican los obstáculos para un mayor

desarrollo de innovaciones de procesos y productos.

 

En el capítulo IV. Para ello se utiliza el concepto de paradigma tecnoeconómico, que permite captar la coevolución del cambio tecnológico y el desarrollo económico para comprender cómo la región reacciona y acompaña la difusión de estas tecnologías en el ámbito económico y social.

 

En el capítulo V se describen los procesos de aprendizaje y las capacidades tecnológicas en cuatro sectores productivos, que caracterizan, con distinta importancia relativa, la estructura productiva y la inserción internacional de los diferentes países de América Latina y el Caribe.

 

En el capítulo VI se examinan las modalidades estratégicas adoptadas por un grupo de países considerados exitosos de fuera de la región. El análisis se concentra en cómo se organizaron los procesos institucionales del sector público relacionados con la formulación e implementación de estrategias nacionales de mediano y largo plazo, en el marco de una alianza público-privada.

 

Por último, el capítulo VII está dedicado a las reflexiones finales, que incluyen algunos de los puntos más relevantes examinados en este documento y las oportunidades que se presentan para que la región lleve adelante un proceso de transformación productiva que potencie el crecimiento y mejore la equidad…..”

 

            Content:

Introducción

Capítulo I América Latina y el Caribe en el mundo, tendencias y oportunidades

Capítulo II El crecimiento económico de América Latina y el Caribe: transformación productiva y desarrollo exportador

Capítulo III Innovación y desarrollo económico

Capítulo IV Los paradigmas tecnoeconómicos: TIC y biotecnología

Capítulo V Las oportunidades asociadas a la estructura productiva sectorial

Capítulo VI Alianza público-privada para la transformación productiva y la inserción internacional

Capítulo VII Reflexiones finales

Bibliografía

 

 

 *      *     *

This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate
information Related to: Equity; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomic
health differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics;
Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research & Science issues.  [DD/ KMC Area]

“Materials provided in this electronic list are provided "as is". Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings
and interpretations included in the Materials are those of the authors and not necessarily of The Pan American
Health Organization PAHO/WHO or its country members”.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PAHO/WHO Website

Equity List - Archives - Join/remove: http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html

 

 

    IMPORTANT: This transmission is for use by the intended recipient and it may contain privileged, proprietary or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, you may not disclose, copy or distribute this transmission or take any action in reliance on it. If you received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by email to infosec@paho.org, and please dispose of and delete this transmission. Thank you.  

[EQ] Health Targets in Europe

Health Targets in Europe - Learning from experience

 

Edited by

MatthiasWismar, Martin McKee, Kelly Ernst, Divya Srivastava Reinhard

World Health Organization 2008, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

 

Available online as PDF file [177p.] at: http://www.euro.who.int/document/e91867.pdf

 

“…..As this volume shows, targets, when designed and applied appropriately, constitute an effective governance tool at national, sub-national and local levels. They can help to define policies and set priorities, involve stakeholders and build consensus, guide the collection of intelligence and evaluation, develop legislation and incentives and guide the allocation of funds and purchase of services.

 

Health targets can be particularly instrumental in supporting policies that go beyond the health care services on to other key sectors addressing the broader socioeconomic determinants of health.

 

This book is therefore very much welcomed as it will help to expand our knowledge on the strengths and limitations of targets. It can assist policymakers to better understand what it takes to set targets adequately, how to embed them within health strategies and how best to link them with other governance tools and strategies. The book will also be instrumental in achieving a better understanding of the contextual factors conducive to the successful use of health targets.WHO, together with the other partners of the Observatory, is thus happy to present this volume which will make an important contribution to the arsenal of evidence to improve the governance of health systems….”Dr Nata Menabde Deputy Regional Director WHO Regional Office for Europe

 

 

Content:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Matthias Wismar, Martin McKee, Kelly Ernst, Divya Srivastava, Reinhard Busse

 

PART 1: HEALTH TARGETS: CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES

Chapter 2 The Emergence of Health Targets: Some Basic Principles  Divya Srivastava, Martin McKee

Chapter 3 On target? Monitoring and Evaluation  Martin McKee

Chapter 4 Improving the Effectiveness of Health Targets  Kelly Ernst, Matthias Wismar, Reinhard Busse, Martin McKee

 

PART 2: COUNTRY AND REGION EXPERIENCES

Chapter 5 Catalonia: Improved Intelligence and Accountability?  Ricard Tresserras, Pilar Brugulat

Chapter 6 England: Intended and Unintended effects  Peter C. Smith

Chapter 7 Flanders: Health Targets as a Catalyst for Action  Stephan Van den Broucke

Chapter 8 France: Targeting Investment in Health  Valérie Paris, Dominique Polton

Chapter 9 Germany: Targets in a Federal System  Matthias Wismar, Barbara Philippi, Hildegard Klus

Chapter 10 Hungary: Targets Driving Improved Health Intelligence  Zoltán Vokó, Róza Ádány

Chapter 11 The Russian Federation: Difficult History of Target Setting  Kirill Danishevski

 

 

The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership between the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the Governments of Belgium, Finland, Greece, Norway, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, the Veneto Region of Italy, the European Investment Bank, the Open Society Institute, the World Bank, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

 

 

 *      *     *

This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate
information Related to: Equity; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomic
health differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics;
Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research & Science issues.  [DD/ KMC Area]

“Materials provided in this electronic list are provided "as is". Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings
and interpretations included in the Materials are those of the authors and not necessarily of The Pan American
Health Organization PAHO/WHO or its country members”.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PAHO/WHO Website

Equity List - Archives - Join/remove: http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html

 

 

    IMPORTANT: This transmission is for use by the intended recipient and it may contain privileged, proprietary or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, you may not disclose, copy or distribute this transmission or take any action in reliance on it. If you received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by email to infosec@paho.org, and please dispose of and delete this transmission. Thank you.  

[EQ] Synthesis Report: Health Equity through Intersectoral Action: An Analysis of 18 Country Case Studies - English - French - Spanish

Synthesis Report:
Health Equity through Intersectoral Action: An Analysis of 18 Country Case Studies

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) - 2008

 

Available online at [52p.] at:
WHO website:  http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/health_equity_isa_2008_en.pdf


PHAC website:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/2008/hetia18-esgai18/pdf/hetia18-esgai18-eng.pdf

 

This Report is part of the multi-phase collaborative initiative between WHO and PHAC, to increase knowledge and application of effective intersectoral approaches (ISA). This initiative served to inform the report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, released on August 28, 2008.


Content

 

1  Introduction

2  Methodology.

3  Key General Categories of Intersectoral Action for Health and the Importance of Context.

3.1 Framing of the Issue – Primary Goals of Intersectoral Action.

3.2 Intersectoral Action at Different Levels of Decision-Making

3.2.1 Regional/Provincial and National Initiatives

3.2.2 Local-Level Initiatives.

3.2.3 Crisis-Oriented Initiatives.

3.2.4 Working Across and Between Sectors

4  Key Mechanisms and Tools to Support Intersectoral Action for Health and Health Equity

4.1 Building the Case for Intersectoral Work

4.2 Engaging Other Sectors.

4.3 The Role of Civil Society, Multi-laterals and Public Participation

4.4 Building on Working Together – Developing Effective Partnerships.

4.5 Models and Frameworks Used to Organize Intersectoral Work

4.6 Structures to Organize Planning and Implementation.

4.7 Monitoring Process and Outcomes of Intersectoral Work.

4.8 Ensuring Sustainability of Intersectoral Efforts.

5  The Role of the Health Sector.

6  Innovative Practices.

7  Discussion: Summary of Key Findings and Questions that Remain

8  Conclusion.

9 References

10 Appendix A: TOR for the development of country case studies on intersectoral action for health (IAH).

11 Appendix B: Brief Summaries of Case studies.

12 Appendix C: Template Used for Analysis of Case studies

13 Appendix D: Models Used by New Zealand and Norway as Frameworks for Intersectoral Action to Reduce Health Inequities

 

 

The report presents key lessons from 18 case studies commissioned under this initiative. Available at: 

http://www.who.int/social_determinants/country_action/intersectorial_action/en/index.html

 

            Case studies on Intersectoral Action – In English Only

The eighteen case studies from high, middle and low-income countries:

Australia [pdf 292kb]
Belgium [pdf 184kb]
Brazil [pdf 265kb]
Canada [pdf 440kb]
Chile [pdf 885kb]
Colombia [pdf 552kb]
Cuba part 1 [pdf 91kb]
Cuba part 2 [pdf 51kb]
Ecuador [pdf 487kb]
El Salvador [pdf 242kb]
India (SEWA case study) [pdf 532kb]
India (Sonagachi case study) [pdf 202kb]
Iran [pdf 745kb]
Malaysia [pdf 1.04Mb]
New Zealand [pdf 210kb]
Norway [pdf 158kb]
Sri Lanka [pdf 204kb]
Uganda [pdf 85kb]

 

This collaborative work in its coming phase will focus on implementation instruments (tools/models/mechanisms) that operationalize intersectoral action to improve health equity.

 

In this regard we aim at broadening the participants of this collaboration and invite you to share with our institutions materials or instruments that your organization may have prepared to advance your work on ISA. We would appreciate receiving them along with your contact information in order to ensure your future participation in this collaboration.

 

We would appreciate your feedback on the report. Email: Daniel Albrecht at albrechtalbad@who.int

 

Rapport de synthèse :
L'équité en santé grâce à l'action intersectorielle : analyse d'études de cas dans 18 pays 

 

L'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) et l'Agence de la santé publique du Canada (ASPC)

 

URL PDF file : http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/health_equity_isa_2008_fr.pdf

 

Ce rapport fait partie de l'initiative de collaboration en plusieurs phases de l'OMS et de l'ASPC dans le but d'accroître les connaissances relatives aux approches intersectorielles et leur application. Cette initiative a permis de documenter le rapport de la Commission des déterminants sociaux de la santé, publié le 28 août 2008..

 

Le rapport présente les principales leçons tirées de 18 études de cas commandées dans le cadre de l'initiative. Les études de cas initiales se trouvent sur le site Web suivant : http://www.who.int/social_determinants/country_action/intersectorial_action/en/index.html (en anglais seulement).

 

Nous tenons à vous aviser que le travail de collaboration dans le cadre de la prochaine phase portera sur les outils de mise en œuvre (outils, modèles, mécanismes) qui rendent l'action intersectorielle opérationnelle et qui permettent d'améliorer l'équité en santé.

 

Nous cherchons donc à accroître le nombre de participants à cette initiative de collaboration et nous vous invitons à nous transmettre les documents ou les outils de votre organisation, qui nous permettront de faire progresser nos travaux sur l'action intersectorielle. Avec ces documents et ces outils, nous aimerions recevoir vos coordonnées afin nous puissions nous assurer que vous soyez invité à participer à l'avenir dans le cadre de l'initiative de collaboration.

 

Nous aimerions obtenir vos commentaires sur le rapport   Daniel Albrecht   albrechtalbad@who.int

 

Reporte de síntesis:
Equidad en salud a través de la acción intersectorial: un análisis de estudios de casos en 18 países

La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la Agencia de Salud Pública de Canadá (ASPC)

 

URL PDF file: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/health_equity_isa_2008_es.pdf

 

Este reporte es parte de una colaboración realizada en diversas fases entre la OMS y la Agencia de Salud Pública de Canadá para incrementar el conocimiento y la aplicación de experiencias efectivas de trabajo intersectorial en salud. Esta iniciativa sirvió para informar el reporte final de la Comisión sobre Determinantes de la Salud presentado a la OMS el 28 de agosto del 2008..

 

El reporte sintetiza lecciones clave expuestas en 18 estudios de caso que fueron comisionados bajo esta iniciativa. Los estudios de caso originales (solo en inglés por el momento) están disponibles en:  http://www.who.int/social_determinants/country_action/intersectorial_action/en/index.html

 

La siguiente fase de esta iniciativa se enfocará en instrumentos de implementación (herramientas, modelos o mecanismos) que ponen en práctica el trabajo intersectorial para mejorar la equidad en salud.

 

Es este sentido, queremos ampliar los participantes de esta colaboración para lo cual los invitamos a compartir materiales que su organización haya preparado para plasmar la coordinación intersectorial.

 

Para enviar sus comentarios por favor escribir a  Daniel Albrecht  Email:  albrechtalbad@who.int

 

 

 

 

 

 *      *     *

This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate
information Related to: Equity; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomic
health differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics;
Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research & Science issues.  [DD/ KMC Area]

"Materials provided in this electronic list are provided "as is". Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings
and interpretations included in the Materials are those of the authors and not necessarily of The Pan American
Health Organization PAHO/WHO or its country members".
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PAHO/WHO Website

Equity List - Archives - Join/remove: http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html

 

    IMPORTANT: This transmission is for use by the intended recipient and it may contain privileged, proprietary or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, you may not disclose, copy or distribute this transmission or take any action in reliance on it. If you received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by email to infosec@paho.org, and please dispose of and delete this transmission. Thank you.