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NZIER was asked to determine the economic contribution of clinical trials to the New Zealand economy in terms of: 1. Direct economic contribution; 2. Indirect economic contribution 3. Total economic contribution. We were also asked to provide a qualitative assessment of the benefits to New Zealand's health sector from conducting clinical trials in New Zealand. To ensure reliability of our analysis, we have narrowed our scope to pharmaceutical-type clinical trials recommended for approval by the Health Resource Council's (HRC) Standing Committee on Therapeutic Trials (SCOTT) (henceforth, 'SCOTT trials'). These trials are exclusively of interventions that meet the definition of "new medicines" under New Zealand legislation. This means our estimates are conservative as they do not capture the entire clinical trials sector in New Zealand.

This report considers the opportunity of greater use of physiotherapy to contribute to better health and economic outcomes for those with low pain back pain, stroke, and osteoarthritis. These three conditions were selected as leading examples of the potential that physiotherapy could address if the funding and health sector support was put in place. Each of these conditions ranks in the top 10 non-communicable causes of health quality loss in New Zealand.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has unleashed unparalleled challenges. At the same time, it offers a window to rethink Asia's most fundamental development policies and strategies to address inequality, socioeconomic vulnerability, and environmental challenges. This publication gathers blogs and short policy pieces contributed by ADB staff and experts in an attempt to tackle immediate challenges and prepare for what may lie beyond the horizon. It covers a broad range of development challenges and highlights the crucial role of rapid adoption of digital technologies, adequate supply of quality infrastructure, disaster risk management, and strengthening regional cooperation for a resilient and sustainable future by shaping post-pandemic conditions.

Singapore, a multiethnic country with one of the highest median incomes in the world, is undergoing a demographic shift. Twenty-five percent of the population is predicted to be aged 65 and older by 2030, versus 14.4% in 2019. This demographic shift has profound implications on the country's health and care needs. In response, Singapore has been moving toward a more holistic view of aging, health, and care, along with policies and systems related to these.

Palm oil, a major commodity crop in the region, is likely to be phased out in the EU by 2030. Given the potential regional and transboundary implications, a Singaporecentric perspective can be helpful.

This report analyzes the complexities of health financing in Papua New Guinea with a focus on resource allocation, use, and accountability. It explores information gaps and transparency issues that undermine health service delivery and outcomes. Recommendations in this report aim to improve health sector governance and capacity, which will ultimately contribute to a more robust and equitable health care system.

The Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues.

Issue 15 Volume 1 of the SDPI Newsletter containing publications, electronic media appearances, and events.

32 p. ; This paper presents a benchmark stochastic endogenous growth model of an agricultural economy. Producing food requires land, and increasing the share of total land devoted to farming mechanically reduces the share of land devoted to biodiversity conservation. However, safeguarding a greater number of species guarantees, through spatial exchanges, better ecosystem services which, in turn, ensure lower volatility of agricultural productivity. The optimal conversion/conservation rule is explicitly characterized, as well as the total value of biodiversity in terms of the welfare gain from biodiversity conservation, and the marginal value of biodiversity in terms of risk premium reduction, namely its insurance value. The Epstein-Zin-Weil specification of preferences allows us to disentangle the effects of risk aversion and aversion to fluctuations.

32 p. ; This paper presents a benchmark stochastic endogenous growth model of an agricultural economy. Producing food requires land, and increasing the share of total land devoted to farming mechanically reduces the share of land devoted to biodiversity conservation. However, safeguarding a greater number of species guarantees, through spatial exchanges, better ecosystem services which, in turn, ensure lower volatility of agricultural productivity. The optimal conversion/conservation rule is explicitly characterized, as well as the total value of biodiversity in terms of the welfare gain from biodiversity conservation, and the marginal value of biodiversity in terms of risk premium reduction, namely its insurance value. The Epstein-Zin-Weil specification of preferences allows us to disentangle the effects of risk aversion and aversion to fluctuations.

32 p. ; This paper presents a benchmark stochastic endogenous growth model of an agricultural economy. Producing food requires land, and increasing the share of total land devoted to farming mechanically reduces the share of land devoted to biodiversity conservation. However, safeguarding a greater number of species guarantees, through spatial exchanges, better ecosystem services which, in turn, ensure lower volatility of agricultural productivity. The optimal conversion/conservation rule is explicitly characterized, as well as the total value of biodiversity in terms of the welfare gain from biodiversity conservation, and the marginal value of biodiversity in terms of risk premium reduction, namely its insurance value. The Epstein-Zin-Weil specification of preferences allows us to disentangle the effects of risk aversion and aversion to fluctuations.

This tool kit comprises information on how to create a shared vision for digital health through a national strategy, focused on maximizing the value of resources. It supports efforts to introduce digital health solutions that make systems interoperable and less fragmented, and thus provide equitable access to health care services and offer every patient continuity of care. This tool kit provides a practical framework for structuring digital health road maps, a guide to running a digital health convergence workshop, and insights from previous country convergence workshops.

This report details the key achievements of the Regional Malaria and Other Communicable Disease Threats Trust Fund from its creation in 2013 to the first half of 2018. It provides detailed analysis of the results by outcome, profiles specific projects that serve as exemplars of the fund's impact, and offers insights into how similar trust funds can be managed for success in future.

International audience Heterogeneous professional sector, the work-integration sector has been influenced in recent years by a hybrid mode of public regulation: a rationale of supervisory regulation characterized by coercive mechanisms of public intervention. The goal is to correlate contracts and subsidies with the quality of the integration services provided (outcomes) by operational structures; a competitive rationale characterized by competitive mechanisms to promote the economic value and the technical efficiency of the goods and services produced (output). Consequently operational structures converge towards the adoption of entrepreneurial standards. Their economic viability requires adopting an social business model less dependent on public subsidies and more commercial. According to the same dynamics, their transformation into Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs) is accompanied by processes of concentration. We study the forms, configurations and properties. In particular, eight types of business combination and a territorial polarization form, the territorial cluster of economic cooperation, have been identified. ; Secteur professionnel hétérogène, l'insertion par l'activité économique (IAE) a été influencé ces dernières années par une régulation publique hybride : une régulation tutélaire caractérisée par des mécanismes coercitifs d'intervention publique, l'objectif étant de corréler contrats et subventions à des services d'insertion de qualité fournis par des structures opérationnelles ; une régulation concurrentielle caractérisée par des mécanismes de compétition promouvant la valeur économique et l'efficience technique des productions support à l'insertion. Par conséquent, les structures opérationnelles composant le secteur convergent vers l'adoption de normes entrepreneuriales. Leur viabilité économique impose d'adopter un modèle économique à finalité sociale moins adossé aux subventions publiques et plus commercial. Suivant la même dynamique, leur transformation en entreprises sociales ...

NZIER was asked by the Horizons Regional Council to estimate the regional macroeconomic impacts on farmers and commercial vegetable growers of meeting the nitrogen loss targets in Table 14.2 of the One Plan in three local economies: horticulture in the Horowhenua district, dairy farmers in the Tararua and Rangitikei 4 districts. Horizons Regional Council wants to understand how these estimated on-farm/on-orchard costs might affect the wider territorial authority economies, the Horizons economy and the New Zealand economy. In this report, we examine the indirect or flow-on effects for supplying industries (e.g. agricultural services, fertiliser production, transport, etc.) and downstream industries (primary processing, retail, construction, etc.). Our modelling also considers how resources (especially labour and capital) shift between the primary sector and other industries (manufacturing, services, etc.) as the dairy and horticulture industries becomes less competitive and profitable in the face of higher costs to meet nitrogen loss targets. Using these direct and indirect effects, we determined the flow-on effects throughout the wider Horizons economy and the national economy on GDP, employment, wages, and household spending. This gives us the macroeconomic impacts that you are interested in for your review.