Spence, MichaelLewis, Maureen2012-03-192012-03-192009978-0-8213-7659-1https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2633The 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROMEADULT HEALTHADULT LITERACYADULT MORTALITYAGINGAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONALCOHOL CONSUMPTIONBACTERIAL INFECTIONSBASIC SANITATIONBLINDNESSCANCERCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCHOLERACHRONIC DISEASESCHRONIC ILLNESSCITIESCITIZENSCIVIL WARCLIMATE CHANGECOHORT STUDIESCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCYCLE OF POVERTYDEATH RATEDEATHSDECISION MAKINGDECLINES IN MORTALITYDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEPARTMENT OF POPULATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEWORMINGDIABETESDISADVANTAGED CHILDRENDISEASEDISEASE CONTROLDISEASE SURVEILLANCEDISEASE TRANSMISSIONDISEASE VECTORSDISSEMINATIONDOCTORSDRINKING WATERDRUGSEARLY CHILDHOODEATING HABITSECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPLICATIONSECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITYECONOMIC PROGRESSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEPIDEMICEPIDEMICSEPIDEMIOLOGYEQUILIBRIUMFISCAL POLICYFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SUPPLEMENTSGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGREEN REVOLUTIONGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RATE OF POPULATIONHEALTH CAREHEALTH CONDITIONSHEALTH ECONOMICSHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH INVESTMENTSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH POLICIESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHEALTH TRENDSHEALTH WORKERSHEALTH-CARE SERVICESHEART ATTACKHEART DISEASEHIGH DEATH RATESHIVHIV/AIDSHOOKWORMHOOKWORM DISEASEHOOKWORM INFECTIONHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHUMAN ACTIVITYHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESHUNGERHYGIENEHYPERTENSIONILL HEALTHILLITERACYILLNESSESIMMIGRANTSIMMUNIZATIONSIMMUNODEFICIENCYIMPACT ON HEALTHIMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME INEQUALITYINDIVIDUAL HEALTHINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFANTSINFECTION RATESINFECTIOUS DISEASESINSURANCEINTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERVENTIONINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATIONIODINE DEFICIENCYIRONJOB TRAININGLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR SUPPLYLAND PRODUCTIVITYLATRINESLEGAL STATUSLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLITERACY RATESLONGER LIVESLONGEVITYLOW BIRTH WEIGHTLOWER FERTILITYMALARIAMALARIA CONTROLMALNOURISHED CHILDRENMALNUTRITIONMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL FACILITIESMEDICAL MEASURESMEDICAL PERSONNELMEDICAL PROCEDURESMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIESMEDICAL TREATMENTMEDICINEMENTAL HEALTHMENTAL ILLNESSMORBIDITYMORBIDITY AND MORTALITYMORTALITYMORTALITY DECLINESMORTALITY LEVELSMORTALITY REDUCTIONSNUMBER OF CHILDRENNURSINGNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSONCHOCERCIASISONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROLONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL PROGRAMORAL REHYDRATIONORAL REHYDRATION THERAPYORPHANSORTPARASITOLOGYPATIENTPATIENTSPHARMACEUTICAL THERAPIESPOLICY DECISIONSPOLICY GUIDANCEPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLLUTIONPOOR HEALTHPOPULATION CHANGESPOPULATION SIZEPOPULATION STUDIESPOSTNATAL CAREPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRACTITIONERSPREGNANT WOMENPREMATURE DEATHPRENATAL CAREPREVALENCEPRIMARY HEALTH SERVICESPRIMARY SCHOOLPROBABILITYPROGRESSPSYCHOLOGYPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONSPUBLIC HEALTH SPENDINGPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYQUARANTINERESEARCH CENTERSRESEARCH PROJECTSRICHER COUNTRIESRICHER PEOPLERISK FACTORSSANITATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL-AGE CHILDRENSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSELF-ESTEEMSKILL DEVELOPMENTSMOKINGSOCIAL NETWORKSSOCIAL RETURNSSPONSORSSURVIVAL RATESYNDROMETHERAPIESTOLERANCETRANSMISSION OF DISEASEUNDER-FIVE MORTALITYUNEMPLOYMENTURBANIZATIONVACCINESVECTOR CONTROLVECTORSWARWORKERSWORKING-AGE POPULATIONWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYELLOW FEVERYOUNG CHILDRENWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7659-1