This study shows that Uganda has similar or somewhat better health indicators than other African countries with a … similar income level. However further effort is needed to address inequality in health outcomes and in the health system …) prioritizing interventions that affect infant and maternal mortality, (b) improving health promotion and disease prevention …

CONFERENCE EDITION. Health is a fundamental human right, and universal health coverage (UHC) is critical for achieving … that right. UHC represents the aspiration that good quality health services should be received by everyone, when and where … High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in September 2019, the most comprehensive international health agreement in …

and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … their interaction on productivity growth in small states is more than three times that for large countries, with the …

with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been …

, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labor on socioeconomic outcomes such as education, wages, and health … (young) adults who worked as children. The authors find no significant effects on health. Over a longer horizon, they …

"There is a growing literature that investigates the effect of trade liberalization on productivity. Nearly all such … studies assume that trade policy is determined independently of productivity, hence it is exogenous. The author shows that … the positive effect of liberalization on productivity when they do not account for the endogeneity bias. On the theory …

for greater capital accumulation, without being fully reflected in a higher rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth …

"The empirical evidence on whether participation in export markets increases plant-level productivity has been … productivity increases 4-5 percent for each additional year a plant has exported, after controlling for the effect of current … exports on total factor productivity. Learning-by-exporting is more important for young than for old plants and in industries …