The containment of health care expenditure is one of the major challenges facing public policymakers in the developed countries. This paper provides evidence of significant differences in the cross-country level of efficiency of health care expenditure, meaning that potential cost savings for...

"Explores structural adjustment's impact on the output of basic grains and traditional agricultural exports. Unlike prior import-substitution policies that discriminated against exporters, new policies exclude small producers oriented towards the domestic market, exacerbating the problem of food...