Green Economic Policies for Sustainable Development: Implications for Addressing Public Health and Poverty

Green economic policies play a critical role for sustainable development, in the fight against global poverty due to the disparity in health problems that continue to fuel poverty. This paper, however, assesses the effectiveness of these policies and particularly focuses on how the social determinants of health are dealt with in relation to the implementation of the policies in different global setups. By applying a mixed-methods approach, including the analysis of the quantitative data extracted from sources such as the World Health Organization, and the establishment of the qualitative insights with interviews with the experts, the research identifies significant regional disparities in the effectiveness of the policies: while strong health systems within the high-income countries, in connection with the active public health policies, have brought the health outcomes closer to ideal and reduced poverty, the same cannot be said for the low- and middle-income countries.