Fighting the diseases of poverty / Philip Stevens, editor.

New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, ©2008.

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"Public discussion of global healthcare issues is dominated by those who believe that top-down, government-driven interventions are the solution to the myriad health problems suffered by people in less developed countries. This thinking is responsible for a plethora of harmful policies, ranging from a drive towards socialized healthcare systems, to calls for the centralization and semi-nationalization of pharmaceutical research and development, to impractical but grandiose UN-sponsored schemes for tackling HIV/AIDS and malaria." "There has to date been little public discussion of the role of markets and their underlying institutions - property rights and the rule of law - in improving human health. Economic growth and globalization has led to unprecedented improvements in human health. The challenge is to enable the poorest countries to take part more fully in this process. This work demonstrates how current thinking is flawed and proposes practical ways of improving health in lower income countries."--Jacket

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Print version: Fighting the diseases of poverty. New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, ©2008

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October 04, 2024

Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-298).