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The Economics of Health and Well-Being

WebGita Bhatt. December 2, 2021. Dear Readers, Just as good health—mental and physical—is fundamental to individual well-being, public health is fundamental to stable, …

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U.S. Healthcare: A Story of Rising Market Power, Barriers to

WebHealthcare in the United States is the most expensive in the world, with real per capita spending growth averaging 4 percent since 1980. This paper examines the role of …

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Reflections on a healthy society

WebTo recover better, we need an economy that puts human beings and rights at the center of economic policy. One that invests in health, social protection, and other human rights to …

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Financing Future Health Systems

WebHealth and finance authorities must now work together to bolster health systems and economies in a mutually reinforcing way, through several specific actions. First, we urge …

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THE HEALTH ISSUE – IMF F&D

WebThe pandemic plunged the world into the deepest economic contraction in generations—largely because the international community failed to produce a successful …

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Healthcare Reform in Greece: Progress and Reform Priorities

WebWe review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending was successfully curtailed, elements …

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Global Health Threats of the 21st Century -- Finance

WebAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2014), indoor and outdoor air pollution is responsible for 7 million premature deaths a year—one-eighth of global mortality. …

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Health and Development: Why Investing in Health is Critical …

WebA compilation of articles from Finance & Development International Monetary Fund Washington, DC December 2004 Health and Development

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The Economic Risks and Impacts of Epidemics

WebVictoria Fan, Dean Jamison, and Lawrence Summers recently estimated the expected yearly cost of pandemic influenza at roughly $500 billion (0.6 percent of global income), …

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The Future of Aging: A Guide for Policymakers – IMF F&D

WebLonger, more productive lives will mean big changes to the old rules of aging. The past 150 years have witnessed one of the greatest of human achievements. In 1870 average …

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Getting Real on Health Financing

WebLow-income countries spend some 5 percent of their GDPs on health, whereas middle-income and high-income countries spend about 6 percent and 10 percent, respectively …

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Patterns and Drivers of Health Spending Efficiency, WP/22/48 …

WebWORKING PAPERS Patterns and Drivers of Health Spending Efficiency Prepared by Mercedes Garcia-Escribano, Pedro Juarros, and Tewodaj Mogues1 1 We thank several …

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Changing Demographics and Economic Growth – IMF F&D

WebDemographics can be a potent driver of the pace and process of economic development. “Demography is destiny” is an oft-cited phrase that suggests the size, growth, and …

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Invest in Women and Prosper -- Finance & Development, …

WebDAVID E. BLOOM is Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography in the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of …

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Gross Domestic Product: An Economy’s All

WebGDP measures the monetary value of final goods and services—that is, those that are bought by the final user—produced in a country in a given period of time (say a quarter …

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The Shape of Global Health -- Finance & Development, December …

WebFinance & Development, December 2014, Vol. 51, No. 4. PDF version. The world has come a long way, but still has a long way to go. THE Ebola outbreak has dominated global …

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Costa Rica Prioritizes Public Health

WebCommunity-oriented primary health care. Costa Rica has prioritized public health for decades, investing heavily in targeting the most readily preventable kinds of …

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World Economic Outlook Update, January 2022: Rising Caseloads, …

WebGlobal growth is expected to moderate from 5.9 in 2021 to 4.4 percent in 2022—half a percentage point lower for 2022 than in the October World Economic …

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Toward better pandemic preparedness

WebInvesting in prevention and preparedness. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the economic case for investing in health abundantly clear. Going forward, we must view …

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Why Our World Needs Fiscal Restraint in Biggest-Ever Election …

WebThe global economic and financial outlook has improved in the last six months. Inflation has fallen, financial conditions have eased, and risks to the outlook are …

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