Common sense suggests that healthier people are more productive and wealthier people can obtain things that make them healthier. This book asks whether investments in health also affect productivity and how public policy can influence this relationship. These questions are probed through a...

This paper discusses the effect of a significant pro-poor expansion of the country's health infrastructure on child nutrition in Peru, as measured by the height-for-age z-score. Using a pooled sample from the 1992, 1996 and 2000 rounds of the Peruvian DHS, this analysis controls for biases in...

Se pone énfasis en la etnicidad y las variables culturales, en función a su relación causal con los indicadores de acceso a salud de los niños y embarazo adolescente.

Los debates académicos y de políticas acerca de la actividad microempresarial se centran frecuentemente en las restricciones crediticias, asumiendo que los negocios se manejan de manera óptima dadas esas y otras restricciones. Los microempresarios, sin embargo, raramente tienen capacitación...

Common sense suggests that healthier people are more productive and wealthier people can obtain things that make them healthier. This book asks whether investments in health also affect productivity and how public policy can influence this relationship. These questions are probed through a...

We explore the permanent effects that recessions have on health-related outcomes of mothers and children in Peru. To account for possible self-selection in giving birth during recessions, we compare the infant mortality rates of siblings born in different phases of the economic cycle. A 1...

With millions of women around the developing world thrown into self-employment but with low productivity, increasing the profitability of their businesses is highly relevant for poverty reduction and gender equity. This study evaluates the impacts of a BDS program serving female...

Con millones de mujeres en países en desarrollo lanzadas al autoempleo, pero con baja productividad, la pregunta sobre cómo aumentar la rentabilidad y el crecimiento potencial de sus negocios es cada vez más relevante para la reducción de la pobreza y la igualdad de género. El presente...

Este capítulo se presenta en cuatro secciones. La primera presenta una breve revisión acerca de la evolución de la salud materno-infantil y del acceso a los servicios de salud durante la última década, la misma que busca ir más allá de los simples promedios, para identificar aquellos...