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124 Fighting the Diseases of Povertyin institutions require these kinds of initiatives, and donors are in aposition to foster such improvements with both funding and adviceto oil the wheels of progress and support the emergence of stronginstitutions.Where public services are free or subsidized, with the intentionto promote access and utilization of vital health services, the abusesrelated to lack of drugs, staff absences and informal paymentsundermine these objectives as well as the credibility and effectivenessof public services more generally. Without attention to thesenon-medical issues, clinical care quality and equity in access will belost, leading to both lower health status and poorly spent publicrevenues. Addressing these public program failures are critical toeffective government to and functioning health care systems.Because good governance promotes economic growth and effectivepublic services, the health sector cannot afford to be sidelined onthis agenda.Source appendix 1: figures 4 and 5Country Data SourceyearAlbania 2002 Vitosha, 2002Albania 2002 World Bank LSMS SurveyArmenia 2001 Murrugarra & Cnobloch, 2003Bangladesh 2002 Transparency International, 2002Bolivia 2001 World Bank 2001bBosnia 2000 World Bank, 2001eBosnia 2002 Vitosha, 2002Bulgaria 2001 LSMS SurveyBulgaria 2002 Vitosha, 2002Cambodia 1999 World Bank, 2000bChina n.d. Bloom, Han and Li, 2001Colombia n.d. Corruption SurveyCroatia 2002 Vitosha, 2002Czech Republic 2002 Horthava, Maly', 2002Georgia 2000 Chawla, 2001Ghana 1998 Worldbank LSMS Survey