The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health and living standards around the world. This article provides an interim …-economic effects in terms of living standards, education, health, and gender equality, which appear to be unprecedented in depth and …

investment. This paper uses a randomized evaluation in Kenya to measure the health impacts of investments to improve source water … are much smaller than levels implied by health planners' typical valuations of child mortality, consistent with models in … which the demand for health is highly income elastic. Simulations suggest that, at current income levels, private property …

This study estimates long-run impacts of a child health investment, exploiting community-wide experimental variation in …

's smoking all appear to contribute to the effect. We conclude that, by improving child health, unrestricted unconditional cash …

Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The … in investing in health and how these barriers can be overcome, and to assess the impacts of subsequent health gains. This … chapter first discusses the methodological pitfalls that field experiments in the health sector are particularly susceptible …