Harvard Health Caucus:The Globalization of Health

Philip Musgrove
is a Lead Economist, The World Bank. He served from 1990-92 in the Bank’s Technical Department, Latin America and Caribbean Region, and in 1992-93 on the Bank's World Development Report. From early 1996 to mid-1998 he worked in the Bank’s Resident Mission in Brasilia, Brazil. In 1999-2001 he was seconded by the Bank to the World Health Oganization. From 1982 to 1990 he was Advisor in Health Economics, Pan American Health Organization. Before joining PAHO, he was a Consultant to the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study, and before that, from 1966‑68 and again from 1971‑80, Technical Coordinator in the ECIEL Program of Joint Studies of Latin American Economic Integration and a member of the staff of the Brookings Institution. In 1977-78, he was a Research Associate with Resources for the Future. He has taught full time (as visiting professor) at the University of Florida, and part time at George Washington University and American University. He has also lectured, sometimes at the invitation of the US State Department, at numerous Latin American universities and research institutions. Among his publications are: Consumer Behavior in Latin America (Brookings Institution, 1978), The General Theory of Gerrymandering (Sage, 1977), Fighting Malnutrition: Evaluation of Brazilian Food and Nutrition Programs (World Bank, 1989), Feeding Latin America's Children (World Bank, 1991), Public and Private Roles in Health: Theory and Financing Patterns (World Bank, 1996) and more than 50 articles in economics and health journals and chapters in 20 books. He is co‑author of Natural Resources in Latin American Economic Development (with Joseph Grunwald; Johns Hopkins, 1970), Income and Demographic Effects on the Structure of Consumer Expenditure in the US, 1975‑2025 (with Adele Shapanka; Resources for the Future, 1982); and Investing in Health: World Development Report 1993 (with several colleagues; World Bank, 1993), editor and co‑author of Ingreso, Desigualdad y Pobreza en América Latina (ECIEL Program, 1983) and Health Economics: Latin American Perspectives (Pan American Health Organization, 1989), and editor-in-chief and co-author of the World Health Report 2000 – Health Systems: Improving Performance (with several colleagues, World Health Organization, 2000). He received the PhD in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974, following studies at Haverford College (BA, mathematics, 1962) and Princeton University (MPA, public affairs, 1964). Full CV
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Philip Musgrove

is a Lead Economist, The World Bank. He served from 1990-92 in the Bank’s Technical Department, Latin America and Caribbean Region, and in 1992-93 on the Bank's World Development Report. From early 1996 to mid-1998 he worked in the Bank’s Resident Mission in Brasilia, Brazil. In 1999-2001 he was seconded by the Bank to the World Health Oganization. From 1982 to 1990 he was Advisor in Health Economics, Pan American Health Organization. Before joining PAHO, he was a Consultant to the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study, and before that, from 1966‑68 and again from 1971‑80, Technical Coordinator in the ECIEL Program of Joint Studies of Latin American Economic Integration and a member of the staff of the Brookings Institution. In 1977-78, he was a Research Associate with Resources for the Future. He has taught full time (as visiting professor) at the University of Florida, and part time at George Washington University and American University. He has also lectured, sometimes at the invitation of the US State Department, at numerous Latin American universities and research institutions. Among his publications are: Consumer Behavior in Latin America (Brookings Institution, 1978), The General Theory of Gerrymandering (Sage, 1977), Fighting Malnutrition: Evaluation of Brazilian Food and Nutrition Programs (World Bank, 1989), Feeding Latin America's Children (World Bank, 1991), Public and Private Roles in Health: Theory and Financing Patterns (World Bank, 1996) and more than 50 articles in economics and health journals and chapters in 20 books. He is co‑author of Natural Resources in Latin American Economic Development (with Joseph Grunwald; Johns Hopkins, 1970), Income and Demographic Effects on the Structure of Consumer Expenditure in the US, 1975‑2025 (with Adele Shapanka; Resources for the Future, 1982); and Investing in Health: World Development Report 1993 (with several colleagues; World Bank, 1993), editor and co‑author of Ingreso, Desigualdad y Pobreza en América Latina (ECIEL Program, 1983) and Health Economics: Latin American Perspectives (Pan American Health Organization, 1989), and editor-in-chief and co-author of the World Health Report 2000 – Health Systems: Improving Performance (with several colleagues, World Health Organization, 2000). He received the PhD in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974, following studies at Haverford College (BA, mathematics, 1962) and Princeton University (MPA, public affairs, 1964).

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