scholarly journals Valuing Changes in Time Use in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (S1) ◽  
pp. 51-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Whittington ◽  
Joseph Cook
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Value Of Time ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Health Clinics ◽  
Time Changes ◽  
Economic Analyses ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Valuing changes in time use is often a critical element of economic analyses of development projects. In this paper we review the literature on the monetary value of time in low- and middle-income countries and find support for a commonly used benchmark of 50% of after-tax wages for time changes in activities in the informal sector, such as collecting water or traveling to health clinics. We offer recommendations to analysts who are conducting benefit-cost analyses in these settings about what methods they can use to estimate the value of time. These include a benefits transfer approach and also a relatively simple stated preference approach that might be deployed in a specific context if the project recommendation is sensitive to the assumption of the value of time or if the distribution of the benefits of time savings is especially important.

scholarly journals Community mental health teams in low- and middle-income countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Thara ◽  
S. John ◽  
S. Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Periodic Monitoring ◽  
Low And Middle Income

The dearth of trained mental health professionals and the huge gap in providing accessible services in many low- and middle-income countries have led to the identification of alternate providers of care in these countries. Community mental health teams seem to fill this lacuna in some of these places. This editorial addresses issues of the need for such teams, their composition, responsibilities and limitations. With adequate training, these teams are able to carry out a broad array of tasks such a case identification, referrals, elementary counselling, family support and psychosocial interventions. While these teams are generally found to be enthusiastic, they require periodic monitoring and support with which they can well be a critical element of the mental health care team.

scholarly journals Economic analyses to support decisions about HPV vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: a consensus report and guide for analysts

BMC Medicine ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Jit ◽  
Carol Levin ◽  
Marc Brisson ◽  
Ann Levin ◽  
Stephen Resch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Economic Analyses ◽  
Consensus Report ◽  
Low And Middle Income

scholarly journals Review: Time Use as an Explanation for the Agri-Nutrition Disconnect: Evidence from Rural Areas in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Food Policy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 8-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Johnston ◽  
Sara Stevano ◽  
Hazel J. Malapit ◽  
Elizabeth Hull ◽  
Suneetha Kadiyala
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Review Time ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Low And Middle Income

scholarly journals A Systematic Review to Evaluate the Association between Clean Cooking Technologies and Time Use in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Simkovich ◽  
Kendra N. Williams ◽  
Suzanne Pollard ◽  
David Dowdy ◽  
Sheela Sinharoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Clean Fuel ◽  
Female Head ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Head Of Household ◽  
Time Savings ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Interventions implementing clean fuels to mitigate household air pollution in low- and middle-income countries have focused on environmental and health outcomes, but few have evaluated time savings. We performed a systematic review, searching for studies of clean fuel interventions that measured time use. A total of 868 manuscripts were identified that met the search criteria, but only 2 met the inclusion criteria. Both were cross-sectional and were conducted in rural India. The first surveyed the female head of household (141 using biogas and 58 using biomass) and reported 1.2 h saved per day collecting fuel and 0.7 h saved cooking, resulting in a combined 28.9 days saved over an entire year. The second surveyed the head of household (37 using biogas and 68 using biomass, 13% female) and reported 1.5 h saved per day collecting fuel, or 22.8 days saved over a year. Based on these time savings, we estimated that clean fuel use could result in a 3.8% or 4.7% increase in daily income, respectively, not including time or costs for fuel procurement. Clean fuel interventions could save users time and money. Few studies have evaluated this potential benefit, suggesting that prospective studies or randomized controlled trials are needed to adequately measure gains.

Some Conditions for Task Shifting in Low and Middle-Income Countries

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joop de Jong ◽  
Mark Jordans ◽  
Ivan Komproe ◽  
Robert Macy ◽  
Aline & Herman Ndayisaba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Task Shifting ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Low And Middle Income
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