Eileen Stillwaggon

Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies

Poverty, Disease, and Underdevelopment

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Produktbeschreibung

Describes in detail the living conditions of the poor in developing countries and the diseases and injuries that result from this environment of need. This text offers practical, low-cost solutions to promote human development and economic growth, using Argentina as a case study.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780813524948
• ISBN-10: 0813524946
• Artikelnr.: 22372255

Autorenporträt

Eileen Stillwaggon is an assistant professor of economics at Gettysburg College. Her research includes work on the Ute Reservation in Utah, in Tanzania, and in Argentina.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Plague of Poverty
2. Argentine History and Society
3. Housing and Health
4. Chagas' Disease
5. Water, Waste, and Garbage
6. The Underdeveloped State
7. Divided Economy, Divided Medicine
8. Primary Health Care
9. Public Hospitals
10. Infant and Child Mortality
11. Stunted Development in Children and Adolescents
12. The Debilitated Work Force
13. Healthy Development