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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754512
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010425989
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013297278
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357934
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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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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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Going Viral : The History and Economics of Pandemics
Davies, Stephen - 2021
Pandemics are a recurring feature of human history. The COVID-19 virus has several features that mean it poses a particularly severe challenge. It threatens to cause a collapse of hospital systems through a high number of serious cases arising in a short period of time, and this, rather than...
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The Effect of Public Corruption on COVID-19 Fatality Rate : A Cross-Country Examination
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021
This paper evaluates whether the level of public corruption influences COVID-19 case fatality rates. Using cross-section data, including 64 countries and multiple regression techniques, we find that the level of corruption is positively and significantly associated with COVID-19 human costs....
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