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This paper summarizes the socioeconomic conditions of children around the world. It explores solutions to the main problems, along with a summary of the costs and benefits of some of the solutions. Emphasis is on the results from rigorous studies, impact evaluations and randomized experiments. Although the cost-evidence literature is scarce, a good case for early interventions and key quality-e...

Polypathology is one of the most pressing challenges in the present and future management of chronic disease. This book is an edited collection of essays that cover both conceptual and research dimensions of polypathology. It is a living document that is continuously evolving as readers are invited to make their own contributions to the discussion on the web (www. opimec.org). Although the book...