This Article Free Full Text (Free PDF) Free Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Web of Science (2) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Listorti, J. A. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Is environmental health really a part of economic development - or only an afterthought?

Africa Region, the World Bank, 1818 H. St. NW, Washington, DC 20433, USAjlistorti{at}worldbank.org

This paper highlights the lack of consideration given to health and the absence of health professionals in decisionmaking processes in most development projects. This is illustrated by an analysis of World Bank infrastructure projects. Yet, as the paper explains, improved infrastructure may be able to relieve up to 44 per cent of the disease burden in low and middle- income countries and do so at a fraction of the cost of investments in health care. Thus, it might be possible to extract as many (or more) health improvements for a lower cost through investments outside the health sector. The paper also gives examples of the economic benefits that arise from the inclusion of health factors in policy and these can help justify investments that could otherwise be considered too costly.

Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 11, No. 1, 89-100 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/095624789901100118


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?