Health, Economic Development and Household Poverty - From Understanding to Action (Paperback)

Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read style of this burgeoning field of research. In this volume Bennett, Gilson and Mills have gathered together essays written by academics and experts in the fields of health policy and economic development, each underscoring the need for political commitment to meet the needs of the poor and the development of strategies to build this commitment, covering: evidence regarding the links between health, economic development and household poverty evidence on the extent to which health care systems address the needs of the poor and the near poor innovative measures to make health care interventions widely available to the poor. Current and topical, this book is of great relevance to policy makers and practitioners in the field of international health and development and researchers engaged with global health and poverty as well as being ideal reading for students of international health and development.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge International Studies in Health Economics
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	2008
Editors:	Sara Bennett • Lucy Gilson • Anne Mills
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-49374-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Medicine > General issues > General
LSN:	0-415-49374-9
Barcode:	9780415493741

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