Finance & Development, December 2014

Author: International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.

Volume/Issue: Volume 0051 Issue 004

Publication date: November 2014

ISBN: 9781484315422

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Business and Economics , Medical , Health and Fitness , Economics- Macroeconomics , Public Finance , Health Policy , FD , F&D , tax , spending , health needs , health threat , novel TB drug , pace of urbanization , Ebola crisis , Health care spending , Health care , Communicable diseases , Big data , Global , West Africa , Sub-Saharan Africa , East Asia , North Africa , Middle East

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Summary

This chapter emphasizes the importance of health policy and its implementation and connection to economic growth. The chapter also offers a different view of progress in the provision of better health facilities. The study looks at today’s health systems—the amalgam of people, practices, rules, and institutions that serve the health needs of a population—and at the economics behind them. The role good health plays in individuals’ and households’ ability to rise and remain above the poverty line is stressed. Several health reports are presented.