For instance, insecurity in the slums and poor social infrastructure affect the ability of private providers to attract staff and impede the population's ability to access health services.
The South South (or Niger Delta) region in particular is characterized by extensive mangrove forests, lagoons and swamps stretching over hundreds of kilometres inland, as well as poverty, poor social infrastructure and conflicts that are exacerbated by environmental degradation from crude oil pollution.
Full report [PDF] Summary report [PDF] Country chapter[PDF] Angola map[PDF] Go to the feature story for Angola The enormous war damage has resulted in extremely poor social infrastructure, which severely aggravates the impact of natural disasters and epidemics on vulnerable children and women.
Why does Britain combine a large state with poor social and physical infrastructure?
Faced with financing a huge state while having to contend with poor social outcomes and infrastructure, there is risk that private sector investment — and with it productivity growth — will be weak.
However, the report said, "The rating is constrained by the credit challenges posed by India's poor social and physical infrastructure, low per capita income, high government deficit and debt ratios, a complex regulatory environment, and a tendency towards inflation".
In developing countries, the risk for health associated infections is twenty times higher than in developed countries because of poor social environment, deficient infrastructure, rudimentary equipment, and a lack of national and local infection control policies [ 6].
The reasons why mother and newborns are not receiving adequate maternal and antenatal care are largely due to poor health and social infrastructure, weak service delivery, and a shortage of qualified health workers.
However, despite its rich scenic and natural endowments, population growth and poor planning has caused serious social, infrastructure and environmental problems so that about a third of its population live in slums.
The results of these studies are ambiguous considering that disadvantaged neighbourhoods may suffer from poorer physical and social infrastructures, [ 5] and that there is still a lack of clarity about the specific pathways that link area of residence to health [ 21].
The objective is to improve the living conditions of the urban poor through a comprehensive package of interventions including social infrastructure, land tenure, and social development.
