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Uzbekistan - Assessment of the Primary Health Care Reform :
 Transparency, Accountability and EfficiencyThe main purpose of this report is to
 assess the degree to which progress has been made by the
 Government of Uzbekistan in increasing the transparency,
 accountability, and efficiency of its primary health
 services, and to identify what further steps could be taken
 to improve the effectiveness of delivery, some of which may
 be applicable to other sectors as well. The report examines
 public spending, public financial management, and human
 resource management and remuneration in the primary health
 care sector at the local level. It draws lessons from the
 experience of Ferghana and Samarkand, two oblasts that have
 implemented reforms in primary health care, and incorporates
 the findings drawn from other sources, such as public
 expenditure data, the laws and regulations governing these
 systems, and the Service Quality Delivery Survey (SQDS)
 conducted in 2007. This report discusses the key governance
 issues related to improving service delivery in the primary
 health care area, and concludes with recommendations
 tailored to decision makers at the central and local
 government levels and those in local facilities.
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International Trade in Services :
 New Trends and Opportunities for Developing CountriesInternational trade in services also
 provides an assessment of how policy makers can further
 bolster their service industries by leveraging the changes
 prompted by technological advancements. The book provides
 policy recommendations that include the reduction of
 barriers to services trade across all sectors and the
 promotion of health- and environment-related development
 policies that should be promoted in parallel with a
 burgeoning services market. The first recommendation is
 considered the most important, because it focuses on the
 need to ensure trade openness, which helps ensure the access
 to services and promotes the quality of services provision
 through foreign and domestic competition. Moreover, the
 issue of temporary movement of labor is another focus of
 this book, given that it is one of the most important means
 of service exports for developing countries. This is an
 issue that is considered technically complex and politically
 sensitive because of its political and security
 implications. The book examines mechanisms that have been
 used by various countries to liberalize the temporary
 movement of persons and concludes that regardless of the
 negotiating forum- multilateral, regional, or bilateral-the
 policy making results on temporary movement of labor are, so
 far, modest and limited to a small range of categories.
 However, it proposes alternative ways to move forward that
 require further analysis by countries and relevant
 international organizations, including the World Bank.
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International Trade in Services : New Trends and Opportunities for Developing CountriesInternational trade in services also provides an assessment of how policy makers can further bolster their service industries by leveraging the changes prompted by technological advancements. The book provides policy recommendations that include the reduction of barriers to services trade across all sectors and the promotion of health- and environment-related development policies that should be promoted in parallel with a burgeoning services market. The first recommendation is considered the most important, because it focuses on the need to ensure trade openness, which helps ensure the access to services and promotes the quality of services provision through foreign and domestic competition. Moreover, the issue of temporary movement of labor is another focus of this book, given that it is one of the most important means of service exports for developing countries. This is an issue that is considered technically complex and politically sensitive because of its political and security implications. The book examines mechanisms that have been used by various countries to liberalize the temporary movement of persons and concludes that regardless of the negotiating forum- multilateral, regional, or bilateral-the policy making results on temporary movement of labor are, so far, modest and limited to a small range of categories. However, it proposes alternative ways to move forward that require further analysis by countries and relevant international organizations, including the World Bank.