Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax …-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities. This paper discusses two rationales for this transition …. First, health insurance would boost fiscal revenues for health care, as post-treatment out-of-pocket payments to providers …

The majority of developing countries will fail to achieve their targets for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the … health- and poverty-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unless they take urgent steps to strengthen their health … Bank Governors can help countries seize the opportunities of high-performance health financing by adopting and steering a …

The welfare implications of imposing intellectual property rights (IPR) protection on health goods in developing … countries is analyzed using a North-South model. Consumption of health goods counteracts the adverse effects of region …-specific diseases on labor supply. Health needs differ between consumers in innovating and imitating countries, weakening the benefits …

Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The … in investing in health and how these barriers can be overcome, and to assess the impacts of subsequent health gains. This … chapter first discusses the methodological pitfalls that field experiments in the health sector are particularly susceptible …