Globalizing health benefits for developing countries

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dc.creatorDíaz-Bonilla, Eugenio
dc.creatorBabinard, Julie
dc.creatorPinstrup-Andersen, Per
dc.creatorThomas, Marcelle
dc.date2002
dc.date2024-10-24T12:42:51Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:42:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:59:21Z
dc.descriptionFor the health community, globalization offers opportunities but also poses important challenges. Dramatic progress has been made in the area of health over the past forty years; however, improvements have been unequally distributed across regions. Developing countries share a disproportionate burden of avoidable mortality and disability, primarily attributable to preventable infectious diseases, malnutrition, and complications of childbirth. Globalization affects global health, which in turn may improve or worsen the health of the poor in developing countries. This paper reviews the different meanings of globalization and indicators for some of its components. Using a simple framework, it examines the channels, which links globalization and health outcomes and identifies among them five main pathways. The first two pathways connect globalization with general outcomes on the economy and the government of developing countries, which affect the global health situation. The last three connect directly globalization with health, through its effect on institutions, nutrition, and the environment. In conclusion, this paper presents some policy and institutional responses that seek to reduce the negative and enhance the positive effects of globalization on health in developing countries
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/155943
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91308
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceDiaz-Bonilla, Eugenio; Babinard, Julie; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per; Thomas, Marcelle. 2002. Globalizing health benefits for developing countries. TMD Discussion Paper 108. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155943
dc.subjectglobalization
dc.subjecthealth services
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjecteconomic situation
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.titleGlobalizing health benefits for developing countries
dc.typeWorking Paper

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