In 1994 Buse served notice that we should keep our eyes open about the growing influence
of the World Bank on health policy now that it is the single largest multilateral funder of …

The World Bank began operations on June 25, 1946. Although it was established to finance
European reconstruction after World War II, the bank today is a considerable force in the …

Economic events of the past year are beginning to create hardships for tens of thousands of
Canadians. There are likely to be health effects as well, to the extent that unemployment and …

The aim of this chapter is to introduce you to the macroeconomics of health and health care,
focusing on the features of health systems. This is in contrast to the rest of the book, and …

Anne Mills' career began in a different era. She walked out of St Hilda's College, Oxford
University, with a degree in history and economics and straight into an Overseas …

This book concerns itself with the key question: how to improve health in a cost effective and
politically acceptable way. What makes people healthy? Why are the poor less healthy than …

The World Bank's New Health Sector Strategy: Building on Key Assets Page 1 The World
Bank’s New Health Sector Strategy: Building on Key Assets Ruth Levine1 Kent Buse2 JR …

The subject of 'global health'can be considered from multiple points of view. While
epidemiologists might describe global health problems in categories of pathology groups …

The promised revitalisation of primary healthcare (PHC) is happening at a time when the
contradictions and unfairness of the global economic system have become clear, suggesting …

The book entitled “Health Economics and Policy Challenges in Global Emerging Markets,”
edited by Prof. Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD (1) describes some of the key global …