Does financial inclusion control corruption in upper-middle and lower-middle income countries?

The Effect of Financial development and Trade liberalization on Eeconomic growth In Upper Middle Income Countries

Abstract For more than a decade now, Various efforts have been put in place by various governments of developing economies to promote economic growth. The impact of financial development and Trade liberalization on economic growth in the developing economies has been a subject of much debates and controversies. The contradictions in literature on the subject matter shows that these relationship...

Comparing the Income Elasticity of Health Spending in Middle-Income and High-Income Countries: The Role of Financial Protection

Background As middle-income countries become more affluent, economically sophisticated and productive, health expenditure patterns are likely to change. Other socio-demographic and political changes that accompany rapid economic growth are also likely to influence health spending and financial protection.   Methods This study investigates the relationship between growth on per-capita healthcare...

Decentralising HIV treatment in lower- and middle-income countries.

BACKGROUND Policy makers, health staff and communities recognise that health services in lower- and middle-income countries need to improve people's access to HIV treatment and retention to treatment programmes. One strategy is to move antiretroviral delivery from hospitals to more peripheral health facilities or even beyond health facilities. This could increase the number of people with acces...

New vaccine adoption in lower-middle-income countries.

OBJECTIVES Lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) are lagging behind both high-income and low-income countries in new vaccine adoption. Our study involved the following objectives: (1) understand the decision-making processes of LMICs on new vaccine adoption, (2) identify the factors influencing LMIC decisions, (3) obtain the views of vaccine manufacturers about LMIC markets for new vaccines, an...

Cancer control opportunities in low- and middle-income countries.