1. Chapter 9 Health Norton Media Library Dwight H. Perkins Steven Radelet David L. Lindauer

2. Health and development Better health is central to human happiness and well-being. It makes an important contribution to economic progress, as healthy populations live longer, are more productive, and save more.

3. Many factors influence health status and a country's ability to provide quality health services for its people. Ministries of health are important actors, but so are other government departments, donor organizations, civil society groups and communities themselves. For example: investments in roads can improve access to health services; inflation targets can constrain health spending; and civil service reform can create opportunities - or limits - to hiring more healthy workers.

4. WHO's work on 'Health and development' tries to make sense of these complex links. It is concerned with the impact of better health on development and poverty reduction, with the impact of development policies on the achievement of health goals. It aims to build support across government for higher levels of investment in health, and to ensure that health is prioritized within overall economic and development plans. WHO also works with donors to ensure that aid for health is adequate, effective and targeted at priority health problems.

8. Japan80.02 Afghani stan 43.77 Hong Kong 81.80Namibia43.11 Sweden80.63Zambia38.44 German y 78.95Angola37.63 Kuwait77.36 Swazila nd 32.23 Life Expectancy for Countries, 2008 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0934746.html

9. End Chapter 9 This concludes the Norton Media Library Slide Set for Chapter 9 W. W. Norton & Company Independent and Employee-Owned Economics of Development SIXTH EDITION By Dwight H. Perkins Steven Radelet David L. Lindauer