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The Contriution of Health to Economic Development Vol.1, No.1 (Khin Khin Htwe, 2009) KHIN KHIN HTWE The policies for better health , poverty reduction, and less inequality, require thorough understanding of both the process and causal paths that underlie the intricate relationship between health and wealth (income). This is difficult, contingent , and only partially understood. Primarily, the saying 'health is wealth' is still, a perceptive proposition. However, a literature strand, reflects changes in the perceptions: improvements of health and longevity are no longer viewed as a mere end- or by-product of economic development ; but argued as one of the key determinants of, and therefore mean s to achieve, economic development and poverty reduction . Hence, better health does not have to wait for an improved economy ; rather, measures to reduce the burden of disease, to give children healthy childhoods , to increase life expectancy etc. will i n themselves contribute to creating richer economies . Drawing on the traditional and emerging perspectives on the health-income relationship, this literature review presents to track and measure how health influences economic outcomes http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12678/0000001119 https://meral.edu.mm/records/1119