Health and Growth : Commission on Growth and Development

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 underrat...

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Main Authors:	Spence, Michael, Lewis, Maureen
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME ADULT HEALTH ADULT LITERACY ADULT MORTALITY AGING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BACTERIAL INFECTIONS BASIC SANITATION BLINDNESS CANCER CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHOLERA CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC ILLNESS CITIES CITIZENS CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CHANGE COHORT STUDIES COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CYCLE OF POVERTY DEATH RATE DEATHS DECISION MAKING DECLINES IN MORTALITY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEWORMING DIABETES DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISEASE TRANSMISSION DISEASE VECTORS DISSEMINATION DOCTORS DRINKING WATER DRUGS EARLY CHILDHOOD EATING HABITS ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUILIBRIUM FISCAL POLICY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SUPPLEMENTS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GREEN REVOLUTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH INVESTMENTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH TRENDS HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH-CARE SERVICES HEART ATTACK HEART DISEASE HIGH DEATH RATES HIV HIV/AIDS HOOKWORM HOOKWORM DISEASE HOOKWORM INFECTION HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN ACTIVITY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUNGER HYGIENE HYPERTENSION ILL HEALTH ILLITERACY ILLNESSES IMMIGRANTS IMMUNIZATIONS IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPACT ON HEALTH IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTION RATES INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION IODINE DEFICIENCY IRON JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LAND PRODUCTIVITY LATRINES LEGAL STATUS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATES LONGER LIVES LONGEVITY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOWER FERTILITY MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL MEASURES MEDICAL PERSONNEL MEDICAL PROCEDURES MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINE MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL ILLNESS MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINES MORTALITY LEVELS MORTALITY REDUCTIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS ONCHOCERCIASIS ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL PROGRAM ORAL REHYDRATION ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY ORPHANS ORT PARASITOLOGY PATIENT PATIENTS PHARMACEUTICAL THERAPIES POLICY DECISIONS POLICY GUIDANCE POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POPULATION CHANGES POPULATION SIZE POPULATION STUDIES POSTNATAL CARE POVERTY REDUCTION PRACTITIONERS PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PRENATAL CARE PREVALENCE PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY SCHOOL PROBABILITY PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY QUARANTINE RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH PROJECTS RICHER COUNTRIES RICHER PEOPLE RISK FACTORS SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELF-ESTEEM SKILL DEVELOPMENT SMOKING SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL RETURNS SPONSORS SURVIVAL RATE SYNDROME THERAPIES TOLERANCE TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNEMPLOYMENT URBANIZATION VACCINES VECTOR CONTROL VECTORS WAR WORKERS WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YELLOW FEVER YOUNG CHILDREN
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Summary:	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.

Health and Growth : Commission on Growth and Development

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