کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
992353 935754 2012 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge, and Global Health
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge, and Global Health
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryThis paper argues that there are two major factors underlying improved global health outcomes. These are, first, the discovery of cheap technologies that can dramatically improve outcomes and, second, the adoption of these technologies thanks to the spread of knowledge. Other factors have played a role. Increased income not only allows for improved nutrition, but also helps to improve access to more complex preventative technologies. Institutional development is a second key to the spread of such complex technologies. Nonetheless, evidence of dramatic health improvements even in environments of weak institutions and stagnant incomes suggests that the role of these factors may be secondary.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: World Development - Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 21–35
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