The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual …

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual …

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 … Bank and other agencies. By contrast, nutrition began to improve only in the 1990s and remains high. The Bangladesh … Integrated Nutrition Program (BINP) has played a small role, if any, in this progress, which is mainly attributable to higher …

economic slowdowns are good for health. In contrast, at least overweight increases during slumps. …

Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of … reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to … accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades, especially for the poor in African countries such as Nigeria, the …

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 …