Interactions between knowledge and health are studied in a three-period overlapping generations model with health … rearing. Growth dynamics depend in important ways on the externalities associated with knowledge and health. Depending on the … strength of these externalities, increases in government spending on education or health (financed by a cut in unproductive …

Effective responses to non-communicable disease: Embracing action beyond the health sector focuses on solutions … productivity which is vital for development. They also impose hefty costs on health services, particularly since NCDs frequently … the burden of NCDs by more than half, while costing only a tiny fraction of current health spending. Since successful …