Learning from Economic Downturns: How to Better Assess, Track, and Mitigate the Impact on the Health Sector

by Owen Smith, Edit V. Velenyi, Abdo S. Yazbeck, et al.

Health and economic development are interconnected. Over the past decades, the health sector has become an increasingly important component of the global economy, evidenced by the growing trend of health expenditures as a share of GDP. The interconnectivity of health and economic development and the cyclical nature of economic performance have emphasized the critical need to build health sector resilience to prepare for inevitable economic downturns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146480060X
• ISBN13: 9781464800603
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"