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These episodes are meant to capture the role of luck and privilege in my life, as an American during America’s near-hegemon years, and as a woman in a period of growing opportunities for women.
It is worth emphasizing that a healthy population is needed to produce the workforce that will generate economic returns from new infrastructure capacity. The relationship between health and economic dynamism runs in both directions, and that includes with infrastructure.
Preventing deaths through health interventions is only one part of what the aid budget does—but our review finds that £750m can plausibly prevent 180,000 deaths per year.
The reaction to COVID-19 has been record-breaking. Today we release a paper that reports on the development and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in historical perspective, and it suggests a pattern of unparalleled, but still deeply inequitable, progress.