Abstract:
:This article starts with the observation of a non-linear relationship between health progress and economic development. This relationship is interpreted as resulting from a bidirectional interaction between these two variables, which may lead a country to a poverty trap or, alternatively, to a virtuous circle of economic take-off. Emerging countries have pulled out of poverty after having made progress in health and education. African countries still lag behind in this respect, and their backwardness has been worsened by the HIV/AIDS crisis. This analysis contributes to justifying the current emphasis on aid policies to the health sector in Africa. However, improving health conditions, and escaping the poverty trap, cannot be done just by increasing health budgets. More emphasis should be put on necessary reforms to improve efficiency and equity in health policies.
journal_name
C R Bioljournal_title
Comptes rendus biologiesauthors
Berthélemy JCdoi
10.1016/j.crvi.2008.08.004subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-12-01 00:00:00pages
903-18issue
12eissn
1631-0691issn
1768-3238pii
S1631-0691(08)00230-8journal_volume
331pub_type
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journal_title:Comptes rendus biologies
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journal_title:Comptes rendus biologies
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Comptes rendus biologies
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journal_title:Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Comptes rendus biologies
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journal_title:Comptes rendus biologies
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journal_title:Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Comptes rendus biologies
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journal_title:Comptes rendus biologies
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