Good health is a determinant of economic growth and a component of the well-being of the population. This chapter discusses and synthesizes economic models of individual and household behavior, showing how the models may be used to illuminate health policy making in low-income countries. The...

This publication titled Handbook of Development Economics, volume 4takes stock of some of the newer trends and their implications for research in the field and our understanding of economic development. First, the micro-economic orientation of the field is increasingly evident, and is reflected...

Population policies are defined here as voluntary programs which help people control their fertility and expect to improve their lives. There are few studies of the long-run effects of policy-induced changes in fertility on the welfare of women, such as policies that subsidize the diffusion and...