Agénor, Pierre-RichardCanuto, Otavianoda Silva, Luiz Pereira2012-03-192012-03-192010-12-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3975This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health persistence, and women's occupational constraints-- with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The first part provides a review of the evidence on these issues. The second and third parts present an overlapping generations model of endogenous growth that captures these interactions, and characterize its properties. The model is then used to perform several gender-based or gender-related experiments -- a reduction in the cost of child rearing, improved wage equality in the market place, and better access to infrastructure. The last part draws together the implications of the analysis for promoting the role of women in growth strategies.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACCESS TO INFORMATIONADULT HEALTHADULT POPULATIONADULTHOODAGEDAGRICULTUREAIDS PREVENTIONANTENATAL CAREBABIESBABYBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBREASTBREAST FEEDINGBREAST MILKCARE DURING PREGNANCYCENSUSESCHILD CARECHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD HEALTHCHILD LABORCHILD MORTALITYCHILD REARINGCHILD SURVIVALCHILDREN PER COUPLECONTRACEPTIONCROPSDAMAGESDECLINE IN FERTILITYDEPENDENCY RATIOSDEPRESSIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIETDISASTERSDISCRIMINATIONDISEASEDISEASESDIVORCEDOCTORSDROPOUTDRUGSDYINGEARLY CHILDHOODEARTHQUAKEECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICSEDUCATED MENEDUCATED MOTHERSEDUCATED WOMENEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYEMPOWERMENTENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONEPIDEMICEXTENSIONFAMILIESFAMILY CONSUMPTIONFAMILY INCOMEFAMILY RESOURCESFAMILY SIZEFASHIONFATHERSFEEDFEMALEFEMALE LABOR FORCEFEMALE LITERACYFEMALESFERTILITYFERTILITY DECLINESFERTILITY RATEFEWER CHILDRENFEWER WOMENFOOD NEEDSFORMAL EDUCATIONFOSSIL FUELSFUTURE MOTHERSGENDERGENDER BIASGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER DISPARITIES IN EDUCATIONGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAP IN EDUCATIONGENDER GAP IN PRIMARYGENDER GAPSGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER PARITYGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSHEALTH CAREHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHEALTH STATUSESHEALTH SYSTEMSHIVHIV POSITIVEHIV/AIDSHOMEHOMESHOSPITALHUMAN CAPITALHUSBANDSHYGIENEILLNESSILLNESSESIMMUNE SYSTEMIMPACT ON GIRLSIMPACT ON HEALTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIESINDOOR AIR POLLUTIONINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINVESTMENT IN EDUCATIONIODINE DEFICIENCYIRONISOLATIONJOB OPPORTUNITIESJOB SECURITYLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR SUPPLYLAMLAWSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLOCAL COMMUNITYLOW BIRTH WEIGHTLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESLOWER FERTILITYMALARIAMARRIED COUPLESMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATESMEAL PREPARATIONMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL FACILITIESMEDICAL PROFESSIONALSMEDICINESMENTALMENTAL HEALTHMIDDLE AGEMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMORTALITYMORTALITY RATEMOTHERMOTHER-TO-CHILDMOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSIONMOTHERS TO CHILDRENNATIONAL POLICYNATURAL DISASTERSNEWBORNSNUMBER OF ADULTSNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF WOMENNURSESNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSOBSTETRIC CAREOLD AGEOLD-AGEOPPOSITE SEXPARASITESPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPENSIONPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTPHYSICAL WORKPILLPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLLUTIONPOOR HEALTHPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION SIZEPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMENPREVENTION METHODSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL AGEPRIVATE SECTORPROGRESSPUBLIC POLICYRATE OF GROWTHRATIO OF WOMENRELIGIOUS BELIEFSREPRODUCTIONRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESPECTROLE OF WOMENRURAL AREASSAFE WATERSANITATIONSANITATION FACILITIESSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL QUALITYSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSEXSEX RATIOSOCIAL INSTITUTIONSSOCIAL JUSTICESOCIAL NORMSSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSPILLOVERSPOUSESSTATUS OF WOMENSURVIVAL RATETHERAPYTRANSPORTATIONTUBERCULOSISUNEDUCATED MOTHERSUNEMPLOYMENTVACCINATIONVIOLENCEWILLWIVESWOMANWOMEN'S HEALTHWOODWORK FORCEWORKERSWORKFORCEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5492