Willingness to pay for high-quality remote radiation oncology training in Latin America

Abstract Bulking and mixing of smallholder supply dilutes incentives to supply high quality. We introduce wheat ‘grading and certification shops’ in Ethiopia and use an auction design to gauge willingness-to-pay (WTP) for certification. Bids correlate positively with wheat quality, and ex ante notification of the opportunity of certification improves wheat quality. These findings suggest that local wheat markets resemble a ‘market for lemons’, crippled by asymmetric information. However, aggregate WTP for grading and certification services does not re-coup the sum of fixed, flow and variable costs associated with running a single certification shop.

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Medical abortion: A path to safe, high-quality abortion care in Latin America and the Caribbean

The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care ◽

10.3109/13625187.2013.824564 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 441-450 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Ilana G. Dzuba ◽

Beverly Winikoff ◽

Melanie Peña

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Medical Abortion ◽

High Quality ◽

Abortion Care ◽

The Caribbean

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Development of National Broadband Plans in Latin America and the Caribbean

10.18235/0003651 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Antonio Garcia-Zaballos ◽

Paul Garnett ◽

David Johnson ◽

Hector Urrea Ayala ◽

Pau Puig ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Latin America ◽

Latin American ◽

Monitoring And Evaluation ◽

High Quality ◽

Digital Inequality ◽

General Lack ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Evaluation Programs ◽

Latin American And Caribbean

All governments in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region should have a national broadband plan (NBP) as a key pillar for any digital agenda. Most countries have adopted them; however, most plans are outdated and, in general, lack clear, ambitious, and achievable policy-related commitments and quantifiable targets. Many also lack effective monitoring and evaluation programs. This publication details the benefits of and proposes a framework for NBPs in the region. As the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has pointed out, a well-formed national broadband plan is a countrys blueprint for addressing and reducing digital inequality. In addition, in its latest Affordability Report, the Alliance for Affordable Internet details the linkage between high-quality national broadband plans and progress toward affordability.

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Optimal Reimbursement Policy in Health Care: Competition, Ownership Structure and Quality Provision

The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy ◽

10.1515/bejeap-2017-0122 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Rune Stenbacka ◽

Mihkel Tombak

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Ownership Structure ◽

Reimbursement Policy ◽

Healthcare Industry ◽

Reimbursement Rate ◽

High Quality ◽

For Profit ◽

Market Coverage ◽

Quality Provision

AbstractWe analytically characterize the effects of ownership and competition in the healthcare industry on quality provision, market coverage and optimal reimbursement policy. A for-profit monopoly selects a lower quality than a nonprofit supplier, and the socially optimal reimbursement rate with a nonprofit monopoly exceeds that with a for-profit monopoly. We establish that the optimal repayment policy is invariant to the introduction of competition by a for-profit high-quality supplier. Thus, market coverage is invariant to the introduction of competition, whereas consumers with a higher willingness to pay for quality are better off with competition.

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