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The Economic Case for Devoting Public Resources to Health

Bloom, David E.; Fink, Günther - 2013

may promote economic well-being - via beneficial changes in labor productivity, education, and investment, and through …

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The economic case for devoting public resources to health

Bloom, David E.; Fink, Guenther - 2013

may promote economic well-being – via beneficial changes in labor productivity, education, and investment, and through …

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Patents and the Pandemic : Intellectual Property, Social Contracts, and Access to Vaccines (2021 Distinguished Roger L. Shidler Lecture)

Lee, Peter - 2022

This Article is based on the 2021 Shidler Lecture, which was delivered at the University of Washington School of Law on November 4, 2021. Through enormous public support and private initiative, biopharmaceutical firms have developed safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in record time. These...

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Climate changes affect human capital

Caruso, Germán; De Marcos, Inés; Noy, Ilan - 2023

Climate change severely impacts critical facets of human capital across the life cycle. This is particularly alarming as both the frequency and intensity of extreme weather shocks continue to increase, and extremes appear to be the main channel of causality. At the same time, human capital has a...

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Empowerment : A Global Perspective

Dempere, Juan; Grassa, Rihab - 2023

’s labor force involvement, female representation in legislative assemblies, young women disengaged from education, occupation … force engagement, an upswing in young women uninvolved in education, occupation, or skill development, and an elevation in … address the pandemic’s distinct ramifications on women, including backing for female employment, education, and political …

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Rapidly Attaining Global Health Mandates in Africa : A Case for Innovative Private Partnership Approaches with International Agencies

Oluwajebe, Olusegun - 2023

The extent of premature death and ill health in the developing world is staggering. Death and ill health on such a scale are matters of concern in their own right. They also foster a brake on economic development. It was these twin concerns that led the international community to put health...

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Economic reasoning on the correlation between life expectancy and economic development : exploring alternative routes

Wittmann, Nadine - 2014

Regarding the connection between economic development and public health, the statistically evident correlation between a country's gross domestic product and life expectancy is widely discussed. An important aspect that keeps resurfacing in discussions on why the relationship between the latter...

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The Law, Economics, and Governance of Generation COVID-19 Long-Haul

Puaschunder, Julia M.; Gelter, Martin - 2022

The SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus is an external shock to all societies with lasting impacts that have changed individual, political, and corporate decisions profoundly. Increasing evidence reveals that an estimated 10-50% of those previously infected with COVID-19 face a longer-term or long-term...

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The level of countries’ preparedness to health risks during Covid-19 and pre-pandemic : the differential response to health systems building blocks and socioeconomic indicators

Da’ar, Omar B.; Kalmey, Farah - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-14

The global health security (GHS) Index assesses countries' level of preparedness to health risks. However, there is no evidence on how and whether the efects of health systems building blocks and socioeconomic indicators on the level of preparedness difer for low and high prepared countries. The...

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Towards Global Pandemic Resilience

Sethi, Rajiv; Siddarth, Divya; Holland, Alisha Caroline; … - 2021

Across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has been most devastating to already-vulnerable populations. At the same time, it has brought our interconnectedness into sharp focus. Policies chosen in one jurisdiction affect conditions in others, and even regions isolated from each other are linked...

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