The annual conference of the Italian Health Economics Associations is a unique opportunity to bring together scholars, healthcare practitioners and policy makers to discuss the lessons learnt. Contributions can be theoretical, empirical or policy oriented and in the areas of the health...

Specific questions to be addressed, with reference to both developing and developed countries, are the following: - Is agriculture playing a buffer role against the global crisis? - How the crisis has changed the pro-poor features of agricultural growth? - What are the impacts of crisis on...