Health care usually represents a so called merit good, i.e. a good whose consumption should be promoted and given that in most cases it might be essential to restore health or to stop its decay, most countries have implemented a public health care system where care is supplied to anybody needing...

The recent Paris Summit "For a New Global Financial Pact" confirmed that international financing for development is a major concern for governments in the South and their external partners. Somewhat surprisingly, however, the issue of international financing for health remained off the agenda...

Understood as a benefit derived from social security, healthcare provision was historically developed in Mexico within the context of labor laws and tied to the multiple social security institutions (SSIs) created throughout the first half of the twentieth century. However, the combination of an...

This study examines the expenditure by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries on the delivery of Essential Public Health Services (EPHS), in the context of the global response to COVID-19. In particular, the study focuses on financing arrangements enacted to ensure the predictability of funding...