Health and Growth : Commission on Growth and Development

Spence, Michael; Lewis, Maureen

dc.creator	Spence, Michael
dc.creator	Lewis, Maureen
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:03:32Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:03:32Z
dc.date	2009
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:39:23Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:39:23Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20090604034927
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-7659-1
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2633
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243028
dc.description	The commission on growth and development was established in April 2006. It felt that the benefits of growth were not fully appreciated, but also recognized that the causes of growth were not fully understood. Growth is often overlooked and underrated as an instrument for tackling the world's most pressing problems, such as poverty, illiteracy, income inequality, unemployment, and pollution. At the same time, grasp of the sources of growth in developing countries is less definitive than commonly thought even though advice is sometimes given to policy makers in these countries with great confidence, perhaps greater than the state of knowledge will justify. Consequently, the commission's mandate is to 'take stock of the state of theoretical and empirical knowledge on economic growth with a view to drawing implications for policy for the current and next generation of policy makers. Good health improves the capacity to learn and work, which dramatically improves income and welfare at the household level even if the effects at the aggregate level may be harder to discern. The methodological problems in capturing these gains deserve attention and further work. More attention also needs to be paid to upgrading healthcare institutions, as more of the same is neither affordable nor desirable.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	Commission on Growth and Development
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME
dc.subject	ADULT HEALTH
dc.subject	ADULT LITERACY
dc.subject	ADULT MORTALITY
dc.subject	AGING
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
dc.subject	BASIC SANITATION
dc.subject	BLINDNESS
dc.subject	CANCER
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject	CHOLERA
dc.subject	CHRONIC DISEASES
dc.subject	CHRONIC ILLNESS
dc.subject	CITIES
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CIVIL WAR
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	COHORT STUDIES
dc.subject	COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subject	CYCLE OF POVERTY
dc.subject	DEATH RATE
dc.subject	DEATHS
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DECLINES IN MORTALITY
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
dc.subject	DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEWORMING
dc.subject	DIABETES
dc.subject	DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
dc.subject	DISEASE
dc.subject	DISEASE CONTROL
dc.subject	DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
dc.subject	DISEASE TRANSMISSION
dc.subject	DISEASE VECTORS
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	DOCTORS
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	DRUGS
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject	EATING HABITS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PROGRESS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EPIDEMIC
dc.subject	EPIDEMICS
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	FISCAL POLICY
dc.subject	FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subject	FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
dc.subject	GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	GREEN REVOLUTION
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH CONDITIONS
dc.subject	HEALTH ECONOMICS
dc.subject	HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject	HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	HEALTH INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICIES
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject	HEALTH SECTOR
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH STATUS
dc.subject	HEALTH TRENDS
dc.subject	HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subject	HEALTH-CARE SERVICES
dc.subject	HEART ATTACK
dc.subject	HEART DISEASE
dc.subject	HIGH DEATH RATES
dc.subject	HIV
dc.subject	HIV/AIDS
dc.subject	HOOKWORM
dc.subject	HOOKWORM DISEASE
dc.subject	HOOKWORM INFECTION
dc.subject	HOSPITALS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HUMAN ACTIVITY
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	HUNGER
dc.subject	HYGIENE
dc.subject	HYPERTENSION
dc.subject	ILL HEALTH
dc.subject	ILLITERACY
dc.subject	ILLNESSES
dc.subject	IMMIGRANTS
dc.subject	IMMUNIZATIONS
dc.subject	IMMUNODEFICIENCY
dc.subject	IMPACT ON HEALTH
dc.subject	IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	INFANTS
dc.subject	INFECTION RATES
dc.subject	INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
dc.subject	IODINE DEFICIENCY
dc.subject	IRON
dc.subject	JOB TRAINING
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	LAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	LATRINES
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LITERACY RATES
dc.subject	LONGER LIVES
dc.subject	LONGEVITY
dc.subject	LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
dc.subject	LOWER FERTILITY
dc.subject	MALARIA
dc.subject	MALARIA CONTROL
dc.subject	MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
dc.subject	MALNUTRITION
dc.subject	MEDICAL CARE
dc.subject	MEDICAL FACILITIES
dc.subject	MEDICAL MEASURES
dc.subject	MEDICAL PERSONNEL
dc.subject	MEDICAL PROCEDURES
dc.subject	MEDICAL SERVICES
dc.subject	MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	MEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	MEDICINE
dc.subject	MENTAL HEALTH
dc.subject	MENTAL ILLNESS
dc.subject	MORBIDITY
dc.subject	MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY DECLINES
dc.subject	MORTALITY LEVELS
dc.subject	MORTALITY REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	NURSING
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	NUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subject	ONCHOCERCIASIS
dc.subject	ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL
dc.subject	ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL PROGRAM
dc.subject	ORAL REHYDRATION
dc.subject	ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
dc.subject	ORPHANS
dc.subject	ORT
dc.subject	PARASITOLOGY
dc.subject	PATIENT
dc.subject	PATIENTS
dc.subject	PHARMACEUTICAL THERAPIES
dc.subject	POLICY DECISIONS
dc.subject	POLICY GUIDANCE
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLLUTION
dc.subject	POOR HEALTH
dc.subject	POPULATION CHANGES
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	POPULATION STUDIES
dc.subject	POSTNATAL CARE
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRACTITIONERS
dc.subject	PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject	PREMATURE DEATH
dc.subject	PRENATAL CARE
dc.subject	PREVALENCE
dc.subject	PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PROBABILITY
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PSYCHOLOGY
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICIES
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	QUARANTINE
dc.subject	RESEARCH CENTERS
dc.subject	RESEARCH PROJECTS
dc.subject	RICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subject	RICHER PEOPLE
dc.subject	RISK FACTORS
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SELF-ESTEEM
dc.subject	SKILL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SMOKING
dc.subject	SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject	SOCIAL RETURNS
dc.subject	SPONSORS
dc.subject	SURVIVAL RATE
dc.subject	SYNDROME
dc.subject	THERAPIES
dc.subject	TOLERANCE
dc.subject	TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE
dc.subject	UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VACCINES
dc.subject	VECTOR CONTROL
dc.subject	VECTORS
dc.subject	WAR
dc.subject	WORKERS
dc.subject	WORKING-AGE POPULATION
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	YELLOW FEVER
dc.subject	YOUNG CHILDREN
dc.title	Health and Growth : Commission on Growth and Development
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication