This research advances the hypothesis that cross-country variation in the historical incidence of eye disease has … influenced the current global distribution of per capita income. The theory is that pervasive eye disease diminished the … order to estimate the influence from eye disease incidence empirically, we draw on an important fact from the field of …

What explains poverty of Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia? One view holds the disease environment of these regions as … economic performance of countries. Disease does not play a significant role in determining outcomes. On the contrary, we find … support for the indirect effect of disease via institutions, as asserted by the 'institutions school'. Interestingly, the …