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What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy?
Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need to address issues concerning health sector policy, particularly when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to any strategy of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599256
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Health Aid and Infant Mortality
Newhouse, David Locke; Mishra, Prachi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
capita health aid by US$1.60 per year is associated with 1.5 fewer infant deaths per thousand births. The estimated effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263717
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Gender and its Relevance to Macroeconomic Policy: A Survey
Stotsky, Janet Gale - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This survey examines the implications of gender differences in economic behavior for macroeconomic policy. It finds that reducing gender inequality and improving the status of women may contribute to higher rates of economic growth and greater macroeconomic stability. Women's relative lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826540
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Education and Health in G7 Countries; Achieving Better Outcomes with Less Spending
Gunnarsson, Victoria; Carcillo, Stéphane; Verhoeven, Marijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Enhancing the efficiency of education and health spending is a key policy challenge in G7 countries. The paper assesses this efficiency and seeks to establish a link between differences in efficiency across countries and policy and institutional factors. The findings suggest that reforms aimed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768819
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Gender Budgeting
Stotsky, Janet Gale - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Women are disadvantaged relative to men, according to key economic, social, and political measures of equality, but in many areas, such as education, differences are narrowing. The concept of externalities underlies the arguments for including gender considerations in budget programs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826086
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Public Spendingon Health Care and Poor
Verhoeven, Marijn; Gupta, Sanjeev; Tiongson, Erwin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper estimates the impact of public spending on the poor's health status in over 70 countries. It provides evidence that the poor have significantly worse health status than the rich and that they are more favorably affected by public spending on health care. An important new result is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599583
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Social Spending, Human Capital, and Growth in Developing Countries; Implications for Achieving the Mdgs
Baldacci, Emanuele; Cui, Qiang; Clements, Benedict J.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
to higher economic growth. The paper also finds that other policy interventions, such as improving governance, reducing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263905
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Corruption and the Provision of Health Care and Education Services
Tiongson, Erwin; Davoodi, Hamid Reza; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Government intervention to correct market failures is often accompanied by government failures and corruption. This is no more evident than in social sectors that are characterized by significant market failures and government intervention. However, the impact of corruption on the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599238
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Reforming the Tax System to Promote Environmental Objectives; An Application to Mauritius
Parry, Ian W.H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
related to poor air quality, urban road congestion, and greenhouse gases. This paper takes a case study, focused on Mauritius …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151204
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Modeling the Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS
Haacker, Markus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
The paper addresses the impact of HIV/AIDS on per capita output and income, with particular emphasis on the role of … finds that HIV/AIDS affects both the supply of labor and the demand for labor in the formal sector. Only if there is a … HIV/AIDS on output is complemented by an assessment of the impact on income. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599497