concordant directions - in order to proof, at least, the utility of both explanation and understanding: social networking and …

High food prices can be an immediate threat to household food security, undermining population health, retarding human … population health measured by infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, and the prevalence of undernourishment. We find that … rising food prices have a significant and adverse effect on all three health indicators in developing countries. Furthermore …

multisector response (including the health, agriculture, and veterinary sectors), global coordination, and financing mechanisms …

High food prices can be an immediate threat to household food security, undermining population health, retarding human … population health measured by infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, and the prevalence of undernourishment. We find that … rising food prices have a significant and adverse effect on all three health indicators in developing countries. Furthermore …

In the growth literature, evidence on income convergence is mixed. In the development literature, health and education … indicators are also often used. This study examines whether health and education levels are converging across countries and … human capital convergence. The results confirm that investments in education and health are closely linked. We find …

The health of the world’s population - including those in the poorest countries - has improved more in the past 100 … that exogenous models of development may still be relevant in explain gains in global health. In this paper, background to … Kenny’s book Getting Better, the authors investigate the cross-country determinants of health improvements and describe the …

literature, health and education indicators are often used to measure countries' development progress. This study examines … whether average stocks of health and education are converging across countries and calculates the speed of their convergence … capital convergence. The results confirm that investments in education and health are closely linked. The study finds …

It is widely believed that health plays a major role in retirement decisions. The most important problem in including … health in retirement models is the lack of availability of a good measure of health at the individual level in existing data … sets. This problem is exacerbated when a model spanning multiple countries is desired, because self-reports on health may …

uniform. We analyze how climate risks could be reduced via an insurance scheme at the global scale across regions and quantify …