The Commission on Investing in Health

In 1993, the World Bank published the World Development Report (WDR 1993), Investing in Health. One of the most widely cited publications in the Bank’s history, the report demonstrated that well-chosen, evidence-based health expenditures were an investment not only in health, but also in economic prosperity. It also argued for additional resources to address high-burden diseases.

Prompted by the twentieth anniversary of WDR 1993, the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health was launched in December 2012. The Commission was an independent group of 25 leading economists and global health experts from around the world. It published its first report in December, 2013.