Are expansions cost effective for stock exchanges? A global perspective

Doing More for Less: Study Says State Medicaid Family Planning Expansions Are Cost-Effective

excruciatingly difficult ones for state governments—in terms of their budgets in general and for their Medicaid programs in particular. According to a new survey by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, every state in the country save one either has implemented Medicaid cost-containment strategies in the current fiscal year or plans to do so. According to Health Management Associ...

Cost-effective priorities for global mammal conservation.

Global biodiversity priority setting underpins the strategic allocation of conservation funds. In identifying the first comprehensive set of global priority areas for mammals, Ceballos et al. [Ceballos G, Ehrlich PR, Soberón J, Salazar I, Fay JP (2005) Science 309:603-607] found much potential for conflict between conservation and agricultural human activity. This is not surprising because, lik...

Stock Exchanges and Issuers: A Changing Relationship

“Price-Quakes” Shaking the World's Stock Exchanges

BACKGROUND Systemic risk has received much more awareness after the excessive risk taking by major financial instituations pushed the world's financial system into what many considered a state of near systemic failure in 2008. The IMF for example in its yearly 2009 Global Financial Stability Report acknowledged the lack of proper tools and research on the topic. Understanding how disruptions ca...

Pay for Performance: A Reflection on How a Global Perspective Could Enhance Policy and Research

Pay-for-performance (P4P) is the provision of financial incentives to healthcare providers based on pre-specified performance targets. P4P has been used as a policy tool to improve healthcare provision globally. However, researchers tend to cluster into those working on high or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with still limited knowledge exchange, potentially ...