This paper reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of key policy instruments for MDG (Millennium Development Goals) achievement. We first demonstrate that average MDG progress is likely to be too slow to meet the education and health sector targets in a number of developing countries. We also...

Given the ubiquitous scarcity of resources an economic approach is necessary in order to determine an optimal strategy of adaptation to climate change. In this paper we develop an economic framework for the study of adaptation which allows us to distinguish between decentralized adaptation by...

This article focuses on the changing role of the state in financing, providing and regulating health care services under the German health care system from 1970-2000. While a reduced role of the state can be observed in terms of financing, our analysis of service provision indicates inconsistent...

The policies for better health, poverty reduction, and less inequality, throughout the world, require thorough understanding of both the processes and causal paths that underlie the intricate relationship between health and wealth (income). This is deemed difficult, contingent, and only...

Der Gesundheitsfonds gehört zu den zentralen Bestandteilen des GKV- Wettbewerbsstärkungsgesetzes vom 1. April 2007. In dem vorliegenden Beitrag wird die Entstehungsgeschichte des Fonds aufgegriffen und aufgezeigt, wie die Vorstellungen des Idealmodells eines Fonds von dem abweichen, was im...

This paper discusses the influence of recent health care reform acts in Germany on choice, guidance and access from the perspective of patients, insured, insurers, and health care providers. Particular emphasis is put on health policy reforms since 2004, i.e. the Social Health Insurance...

Noch in diesem Jahr beabsichtigt das Gesundheitsministerium ein Präventionsgesetz zu verabschieden. Sind durch Prävention Kosteneinsparungen im Gesundheitswesen zu erwarten? Wann ist Verhaltensprävention rational? Wo sollte die Prävention ansetzen?