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The process of demographic transition through which Argentina is passing is a window of both opportunities and challenges in economic and social terms. Argentina is still a young country in which the working-age population represents the largest proportion of its total population. Currently, the country just began a 30-year period with the most advantageous age structure of its population, which could favor greater economic growth. This situation, known as the 'demographic window of opportunity,' will last until the beginning of the 2040s. The dynamics of the fertility and mortality rates sign

Demographic transition --- Economic development --- Population aging --- Economic aspects. --- Argentina --- Economic conditions

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The prevalence of child undernutrition in India is among the highest in the world, nearly double that of Sub-Saharan Africa, with dire consequences for morbidity, mortality, productivity and economic growth. Drawing on qualitative studies and quantitative evidence from large household surveys, this book explores the dimensions of child undernutrition in India and examines the effectiveness of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)program, India's main early child development intervention, in addressing it. Although levels of undernutrition in India declined modestly during the 1990's,

Social problems --- Social policy --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- India --- Child welfare --- Malnutrition in children --- Integrated Child Development Services (India) --- Children --- Nutrition disorders in children --- Nutrition --- ICDS --- I.C.D.S. --- India (Republic). --- India. --- Anganwadi Programme (India) --- Samekita Bāla Vikāsa Sevā Pariyojanā (India) --- Samekita Bāla Vikāsa Sevā (India) --- Samekita Bāla Vikāsa Sevā Yojanā (India)

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Developing countries: agricultural and food problems --- Guatemala

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This paper explores the major challenges to the sustainability of health sector financing in the countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the province of Kosovo. It focuses on how the incentives created by the different elements of the healthcare financing system affect the behavior of healthcare providers and individuals, and the resulting inefficiencies in revenue collection and expenditure containment. The paper analyzes patterns of healthcare expenditure, finding that there is some evidence of cost containment, but that current expenditure levels - while similar to that in EU countries as a share of GDP - are low in per capita terms and the fiscal space to increase expenditures is extremely limited. It also examines the key drivers of current healthcare expenditure and the most significant barriers to revenue generation, identifying some key health reforms that countries in the sub-region could consider in order to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of their health systems. Data are drawn from international databases, country institutions, and household surveys.

Exercises --- Health care --- Health Economics and Finance --- Health for All --- Health Monitoring and Evaluation --- Health services --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- International organizations --- Migration --- Nutrition --- Patient --- Primary health care --- Public health

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Research conforms that poor child growth outcomes in Guatemala are the result of widespread poverty. The better the parents' education and household income, the less likely children are to suffer from malnutrition. Children also fare better where community infrastructure (such as piped water and garbage disposal) and health care facilities are better.

Child welfare --- Children --- Education --- Rural children --- Rural poor --- Sanitation, Rural --- Social medicine --- Growth. --- Economic aspects