Finance & Development, December 2014
- From the Editor: The First Wealth
- People in Economics: The Fixer
- The Shape of Global Health: The world has come a long way, but still has a long way to go
- Going Local: In emerging and developing economies, public health spending is moving from central governments to states and cities
- Global Health Threats of the 21st Century: The world is a healthier place today but major issues continue to confront humanity
- Commentary: Cost of Progress - Prices of new medicines threaten Colombia’s health reform
- Bill of Health: The recent slowdown in the growth of public health spending in advanced economies is not likely to last
- Overseeing Global Health: New actors, with new priorities, are crowding a stage the World Health Organization once had to itself
- The Efficiency Imperative: Public health spending must become more efficient to avoid overwhelming government coffers
- Commentary: Preparation Is Paramount - Rwanda’s efforts to prevent Ebola from spreading into the country show that a multisectoral approach beyond health is needed
- Private vs. Public: In many countries the debate should not be about the source of primary health care but its quality
- Fiscal Fitness: The move to use taxes to induce healthier behavior has its limits
- Commentary: Attention to Innovation - There are impediments to developing drugs to fight emerging diseases
- Slow Trade: Part of the global trade slowdown since the crisis has been driven by structural, not cyclical, factors
- Picture this: Moving on UP - Two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050
- Dragon Among the Iguanas: China’s economic and financial relationship with Latin America is increasingly important to the region
- The Benevolent Side of Big Data: Data analytics can be used to drive growth in the developing world
- Back to Basics: Taxing Principles - Making the best of a necessary evil
- Sharing the Wealth: Countries that enjoy a resource windfall should be prudent about distributing it all directly to their people
- Book Reviews
Article
People in Economics: The Fixer
- International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
- Published Date:
- November 2014

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