This report, part of the “Cities” collection, analyses the spatial distribution of formal enter¬prises and health … the potential for economic development throughout the country. The mapping of health infrastructure shows that border …. The report identifies several regions in which closer co-operation could favour the establishment of cross-border health …

We summarize evidence from the growing body of randomized evaluations on health in developing countries from the …-effective methods of infectious disease prevention have limited uptake. Contributing factors include externalities from infectious … disease prevention, public goods problems, liquidity constraints, and behavioral factors, such as present bias and limited …

This study investigates the effect of an economic shock due to crop loss on health outcomes of children in rural Mexico … since 1997 and height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) to measure long-term effects on child health. Since crop losses are exogenous …. -- Economic shock ; crop loss ; child health ; Mexico …

Incorrect knowledge of the health production function may lead to inefficient household choices, and thereby to the … production of suboptimal levels of health. This paper studies the effects of a randomised intervention in rural Malawi which … consequently health. These increases are funded by an increase in male labor supply. We consider and rule out alternative …

This paper provides evidence on household responses to the relaxation of one barrier constraining adoption of health … Malawi which provides mothers with information on infant nutrition and health. It finds that the intervention results in … funded by increased father's labor supply, constituting evidence that changes in the perceived child health production …

In response to observed growing inequalities in income and other dimensions of well-being, including health, the OECD … different socioeconomic groups. This paper links health to the overall inclusive growth agenda. It assesses the two …-way relationship between health and socioeconomic factors. An empirical health production function is specified, using data from 35 …

France’s health-care system offers high-quality care. Average health outcomes are good, public satisfaction with the … health-care system is high, and average household out-of-pocket expenditures are low. As in other OECD countries, technology … requires substantially more and different services. The main challenges are to promote prevention and cost-efficient behaviour …

into better services, the management of public health care services needs to improve. The private sector can be drawn upon … health would come from population-wide preventive measures. Access to public health care services varies substantially … public health services, more health professionals and public health care spending will be needed to ensure broad and adequate …