BACKGROUND: In its pursuance of universal health coverage (UHC), the government of Benin is piloting a project of mandatory social insurance for health entitled "ARCH". METHODS: We analysed budget data and ARCH documents, and conducted four observation missions in Benin between March 2018 and January 2020. Results are presented in terms of the thre...
Taxation, especially Corporate Income Tax, is an extremely important financial instrument, associated with the existence and development of firms and the state. In 2009, a new tax policy aimed at decreasing corporate income tax for domestic firms was launched in Vietnam, from 28% to 25%, setting equally to foreign firms. This paper is interested in...
Strategic purchasing is branded as an approach that is necessary for progress towards universal health coverage. While we agree that publicly purchased health services should respond to society's needs and patient expectations, and thus generally endorse strategic purchasing, here we would like to explore two emerging concerns within current discus...
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L'Etude clarifie et objective la situation de concurrence, en termes d’accès aux marchés publics et de leur obtention, entre entreprises d’économie sociale d’insertion et entreprises du secteur classique en Région wallonne, en particulier dans les secteurs du nettoyage, du catering, et de l’aménagement et entretien des espaces verts.
We provide an overview of the institutional framework in Belgium that is of relevance for labor market participation and retirement decision at older ages. We then describe key labor market indicators using data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) over the period 1983-2013 and also present trends in participation in (early-) retirement routes. Next,...
Introduction: Strategic purchasing has emerged as a key global health financing tool becoming deeply embedded into the global health policy lexicon. It has been touted as a key mechanism to deliver progress on universal health coverage (UHC). Strategic purchasing is seen as a way to increase efficiency, provide value for money, and improve equity i...
Introduction: In its pursuance of universal health coverage (UHC), the government of Benin has launched an ambitious reform of the health sector governance and has recently started to implement a policy of mandatory social insurance for health through the so-called Assurance pour le Renforcement du Capital Humain (ARCH) project. This raises importa...
