Measuring the Burden of Disease and Returns to Education in Rural West Africa

• Main Author: Würthwein, Ralph (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Duncker & Humblot 2003
• Series: Schriften des Rheinisch-Westfälischen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
• Subjects: Economics, finance, business & management; Außenwirtschaft; Westafrika/Einkommenssteuer; Westafrika/Bildung; Erziehung; Weltwirtschaft; Westafrika/Gesundheitswesen
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The success of health economics and its guidance for health policy heavily rests on the availability of reliable empirical evidence on the demographic, economic, and epidemiological environment, on behavioral relationships, and on the impact of policy interventions. For Sub-Saharan Africa, especiall...