Argentina

The objectives of the Provincial Public Health Insurance Development Project for Argentina are to: (a) increase utilization and quality of key health services for t... Mostrar más + he uninsured target population; and (b) improve institutional management by strengthening the incentives for results in participating provinces and among authorized providers. There are three components to the project, the first component being supporting provincial public health insurance. This component includes financing to assure capitation payments by National Ministry of Health (MSN) to participating provinces on a declining basis. The health service package will contribute to improving the quality of services as well as extending coverage on a per capita basis. Results will be monitored using supervision protocols and information systems, and will be verified by an independent technical auditor. The second component is the institutional and management strengthening of the national and provincial ministries of health. This component will provide the health ministry's at the national and provincial levels with the tools and information they need to improve governance and their organizational or stewardship capacity. Finally, the third component is the building capacity of the MSN and provincial ministries of health to deliver services. Mostrar menos -

The objectives of the Public Sector Strengthening Program Adaptable Program Lending (APL) are to strengthen the institutions of the public administration of the pro... Mostrar más + vince of La Rioja in Argentina, to promote effective and sustainable delivery of essential public services for human and productive development, to increase tax collection and improve expenditure quality, and to pilot improvements in public service delivery in the area of rural water management. This Project has two components. Component one comprises of implementation of the eligible expenditure programs. This component disburses to the provincial treasury against three eligible expenditure programs in the areas of (i) tax administration, (ii) expenditure quality, and (iii) public service delivery in rural water wanagement. Component two provides technical assistance in the project sectors in order to: (i) support the modernization of the borrower's tax administration function and related institutions, (ii) support the improvement of the borrower's quality and efficiency of expenditure programs, and (iii) support the development of a strategy to improve management of and access to water resources by dispersed rural population. This component also supports overall project coordination and supervision, and strengthens effectiveness and quality of project operation. Mostrar menos -

The objective of the Norte Grande Water Infrastructure Project is to increase sustainable access to water supply and urban drainage services in the Norte Grande reg... Mostrar más + ion of Argentina, by providing investments in infrastructure and supporting institutional development. The Project has three components. Component one concerns water supply and urban drainage infrastructure and will finance the rehabilitation, upgrading and reconstruction of water supply and urban drainage systems that are declared eligible during implementation. Component two includes institutional development and technical assistance and will finance (i) institutional and/or operational strengthening programs for participating water and sanitation service providers, (ii) technical assistance to service providers and regional entities with responsibilities over water and sanitation and urban drainage services and carrying out of studies, (iii) institutional strengthening activities aimed at promoting water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector knowledge and capacity building within relevant sector institutions, and (iv) strengthening of the operational, social, environmental, fiduciary and supervision management capacity of UCPyPFE (Unidad Coordinadora de Programas y Proyectos con Financiamiento Externo) and participating provinces. Component three comprises of project management and supervision and will finance project management and supervision activities (including specialized independent technical supervision and Project audits). Mostrar menos -