Health And Development: Why Investing In Health Is Critical For Achieving Economic Development Goals

This compilation of articles published over the past five years in the pages of Finance and Development looks at the important links between health and economic progress. Articles range over a variety of topics, from the Millennium Development Goals and their health-related targets for 2015 to the economics of tobacco control. Several articles examine the impact of AIDS, while others look at debt and the intellectual property aspects of health care.