tailieunhanh - Economic Implications Of Chronic Illness And Disability In Eastern Europe And The Former Soviet Union

Disability is an important issue for the transition countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Not only is a significant portion of their population either in poor health or disabled-with implications for labor force participation and productivity-but their aging demographics project an increase in the share of disabled people, raising concerns about the sustainability of social protection programs. Thus, if these heavily resource-strapped countries fail to deal in an efficient manner with disability and health issues in their population, they could face serious challenges to their efforts to achieve stronger economic growth and improved living standards | Economic Implications of Chronic Illness and Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Edited by Cem Mete THE WORLD BANK This report is part of a series undertaken by the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. The series covers the following countries Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Estonia FYR Macedonia Georgia Hungary Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Latvia Lithuania Moldova Montenegro Poland Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovak Republic Slovenia Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DISABILITY IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER SOVIET .