sector, which encompasses both health and education. The World Bank's Human Development sector work covers almost the entire … human life cycle, from maternal and neo-natal health, health insurance, early childhood education, school health and … nutrition, basic education, to teacher reform, secondary education and youth skills, higher education, medical and health …

estimates based on household surveys of the productive payoff in Sub-Saharan Africa to nutrition and health, as proxied by adult … height and weight-for-height, and to education, proxied by years of schooling completed, by level. Biases due to household … who still managed to obtain such an education. Studies evidence is then considered on the wage returns to variation in 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 …

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 …