On Reckoning Level Differentials in the Measurement of Progress: An Illustration in the Context of Deliveries Assisted by Skilled Health Personnel

William Joe and Udaya S Mishra ()

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Abstract: The paper highlights that performance assessments should account for non-linear dynamics of progress, whereby an improvement at a higher level represents greater achievement than an equal improvement at a lower level. With this rationale, desirable properties of progress assessment indicators are reviewed and an alternative level-sensitive indicator is discussed.

Keywords: MDGs; level sensitivity; skilled health personnel; progress assessment; developing region; LDCs; births; health attainment; marginal cost; level sensitivity; sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; Latin America; inter-regional disparities; Nepal; marginal social cost; population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-08
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