The Shape of Global Health

David E. Bloom
The world has come a long way, but still has a long way to go

WHO on silent killers
Black dog of depression

Going Local

Victoria Fan and Amanda Glassman
In emerging and developing economies, public health spending is moving from central governments to states and cities

Global Health Threats of the 21st Century

Olga Jonas, Ian Parry, Dan Chisholm and Nick Banatvala, and Ramanan Laxminarayan
The world is a healthier place today but major issues continue to confront humanity

Cost of Progress

Alejandro Gaviria
Prices of new medicines threaten Colombia’s health reform

Bill of Health

Benedict Clements, Sanjeev Gupta, and Baoping Shang
The recent slowdown in the growth of public health spending in advanced economies is not likely to last

Overseeing Global Health

Devi Sridhar and Chelsea Clinton
New actors, with new priorities, are crowding a stage the World Health Organization once had to itself

The Efficiency Imperative

David Coady, Maura Francese, and Baoping Shan
Public health spending must become more efficient to avoid overwhelming government coffers

Preparation Is Paramount

Agnes Binagwaho
Rwanda’s efforts to prevent Ebola from spreading into the country show that a multisectoral approach beyond health is needed

Conversation with the minister

Private vs. Public

Jorge Coarasa, Jishnu Das, and Jeffrey Hammer
In many countries the debate should not be about the source of primary health care but its quality

Fiscal Fitness

Patrick Petit, Mario Mansour, and Philippe Wingender
The move to use taxes to induce healthier behavior has its limits

Attention to Innovation

Carol A. Nacy
There are impediments to developing drugs to fight emerging diseases

Drug-resistant TB

Slow Trade

Cristina Constantinescu, Aaditya Mattoo, and Michele Ruta
Part of the global trade slowdown since the crisis has been driven by structural, not cyclical, factors

Dragon among the Iguanas

Anthony Elson
China’s economic and financial relationship with Latin America is increasingly important to the region

China and Latin America

The Benevolent Side of Big Data

Christoper W. Surdak and Sara Agarwal
Data analytics can be used to drive growth in the developing world

Harnessing data

Sharing the Wealth

Sanjeev Gupta, Alex Segura-Ubiergo, and Enrique Flores
Countries that enjoy a resource windfall should be prudent about distributing it all directly to their people

Picture This: Moving on Up

Natalie Ramírez-Djumena
Two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050