reprioritization, one of the modalities for realizing fiscal space for health. Theory and cross-country empirical analyses do not … provide clear, cut explanations for the observed variations in government prioritization of health. Standard economic theory …Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy …

issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are … an important health challenge in the Pacific. First, (NCDs) can impose large but often preventable health, financial, and … bulk of health services. Second, risk factors in the Pacific are feeding a pipeline of potentially expensive-to-treat NCDs …

This chapter examines the relationship between health and economic growth. Across countries, income per capita is … highly correlated with health, as measured by life expectancy or a number of other indicators. Within countries, there is … also a correlation between people’s health and income. Finally, over time, the historical evolution of cross-country health …

This paper revisits the relationship between health and growth in light of modern endogenous growth theory. We propose … a unified framework that encompasses the growth effects of both, the accumulation and the level of health. Based on …

about the augmented Preston curve relate to discussions of health policy. …