02847nam 2200589Ia 450 991045485280332120200520144314.01-282-12157-X97866121215790-8213-7660-8(CKB)1000000000786149(EBL)459705(OCoLC)560643062(SSID)ssj0000087276(PQKBManifestationID)11998972(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087276(PQKBWorkID)10052538(PQKB)11142210(MiAaPQ)EBC459705(Au-PeEL)EBL459705(CaPaEBR)ebr10309168(EXLCZ)99100000000078614920090302d2009 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHealth and growth[electronic resource] /edited by Michael Spence and Maureen LewisWashington, DC World Bank20091 online resource (218 p.)Includes index.0-8213-7659-4 Contents; Preface; Workshop Participants; About the Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Health Investments and Economic Growth: Macroeconomic Evidence and Microeconomic Foundations; Figures; 2 Health and Economic Growth: Policy Reports and the Making of Policy; Tables; 3 Population Health and Economic Growth; 4 Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth; 5 Disease and Development: Evidence from Hookworm Eradication in the American South; 6 Early Life Nutrition and Subsequent Education, Health, Wage, and Intergenerational Effects; IndexThis book containes a series of "state of the art" essays on topics related to health and growth. The Commission on Growth and Development (CGD)--in preparing its own Growth Report--wished to take stock of the current state of knowledge and understanding of economic growth, and thus commissioned a series of essays on a range of thematic areas. One such area is health. The following questions are discussed in the book:Does investing in health raise economic growth? Can governments achieve rapid growth or high incomes without investing in health? What are the options and benefits of different anMedical economicsMedical careFinancePublic health administrationElectronic books.Medical economics.Medical careFinance.Public health administration.338.433621Spence Michael1943-125035Lewis Maureen A.1952-998862MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454852803321Health and growth2291416UNINA