The consequences of health and health policy for economic development are potentially of major importance to … policymakers in both the health and development fields. Yet no thorough assessment of the relevant conclusions of the research … extends beyond health, increased research on these linkages would be useful for better understanding the development process …

life", such as health and equality of opportunity. However, per capita GDP has the virtues of easy interpretation and can … preserves the advantages of per capita GDP, but also includes health and equality. We propose a new parsimonious indicator to …