This paper assesses empirically the main hypotheses suggested in the literature about the factors underlying this rapid growth: good economic policies, good luck in the external sector, and the countr...
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The aim in this paper is to distinguish between socioeconomic aspects of development that are likely to be protective and those that are likely to increase vulnerability (the capacity for loss resulti...
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Poor people live without fundamental freedoms of action and choice that the better off take for granted. They often lack adequate food and shelter, education and health, deprivations that keep them fr...
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Ethnography is a complex and contested activity drawing on a range of epistemological positions and methods and often demanding different modes of evaluation from other methods more commonly used in h...
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The edition of Health Economics, Volume 9, Issue 7, 2000 has a special section on Health Inequalities, contains the following papers:- Towards multidisciplinary research into health inequalities /Oliv...
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"...Being knowledgeable about national health expenditures and sources of financing is essential for decision-making. This awareness also makes it possible to evaluate the equity of allocation and the...
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We are conducting a programme of research that addresses two types of question: the reasons for health inequalities between the countries of eastern and western Europe and the reasons for inequalities...
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"...Dying for Growth's sixteen chapters are grounded in the lives of people struggling against a very modem poverty. The volume opens with case studies illustrating the human impact of harsh, externa...
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Este libro se ha organizado alrededor de dos conjuntos de ideas. El primer conjunto de ideas desglosa un proceso característico de desarrollo sanitario en cuatro componentes. Encontramos que es útil...
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The three papers in this volume reflect an intellectual itinerary, the record of a search for a fresh understanding of health. Aristotle is the first stop along the way, but the authors go on to exami...
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