also casts doubts on recent findings about a positive effect of health on education. This is because health raises the … that longevity and health have had a minor effect, if any, on the transition from stagnation to growth via investment in …

in health, community, and justice services, as well as private industry (banking, housing, insurance) and government …

workshop was organised to provide an opportunity for a more detailed discussion by a group of leading health policy analysts of … competition’ is being touted as the answer to the weaknesses in their health care systems. …

Research held on 7-8 March 2002 to explore key policy issues facing Australia's health sector. The Roundtable drew together … thirty leading practitioners and analysts on health policy issues. The topics covered included international developments in … health policy, cost pressures in health care systems, access and service delivery, supplier-induced demand and occupational …

health services in the Andean Region, through a comparison between Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. These three countries share a …

public sector interventions, notably reproductive health and immunization, supported by external assistance from the World …

This paper analyzes the impact of IMF-supported programs on health and education spending in a large time-series cross …-known endogeneity of IMF-supported programs, the paper finds, contrary to the conventional wisdom, that health and education do not …

A number of recent studies have illustrated the link between health and growth (Gallup and Sachs 2000, McCarthy et al …. 2000, Bhargava et al. 2000). This paper argues that a key mechanism through which health affects growth is via total factor … particular attention to three indicators of health that are particularly problematic in developing regions: malnutrition, malaria …