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Fatal indifference : the G8, Africa and global health
- Title
- Fatal indifference : the G8, Africa and global health / Ronald Labonte [and others] ; research assistance, Jennifer Cushon, Renee Torgerson.
- Publication
- Lansdowne, South Africa : University of Cape Town Press ; Ottawa, Canada : International Development Research Centre, ©2004.
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- Additional Authors
- Labonté, Ronald.
- Description
- xxii, 378 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- The commitments of three recent G8 summits (19992001) are reviewed, analyzed, and critiqued in this report card on G8 actions. The most powerful political force behind multilateral institutions and contemporary globalization, the G8 group of industrialized countries sets policies based on a market-oriented development model in such areas as debt relief, foreign aid, trade, global health research, and investment that shape the development possibilities in poor countries but often do not serve their best interests, according to this analysis. Special attention is paid to the G8's treatment of Africa, a continent that has been exposed to market liberalization and structural adjustment policies that have not reaped benefits for African people.
- Subject
- Group of Eight (Organization)
- Weltgesundheitsorganisation
- International economic relations
- Economic policy > International cooperation
- Globalization > Health aspects
- World health
- Medical care
- International cooperation
- Medical policy > Africa
- Public health > International cooperation
- Global Health
- Delivery of Health Care
- Developed Countries
- Developing Countries
- International Cooperation
- Patient Care
- Public health > International cooperation
- Medical policy
- Medical care
- International cooperation
- Economic history
- Economic policy > International cooperation
- Globalization > Health aspects
- International economic relations
- World health
- Africa > Economic conditions
- Africa
- Africa
- Afrika
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. 1. Globalization, health and development: the right prescription?. 2. Macroeconomic policy, structural adjustment and debt relief. 3. Health and health systems. 4. Education. 5. Nutrition, food security and biotechnology. 6. Official development assistance. 7. Trade and market access. 8. Environment. 9. Equity, health and NEPAD: a case study. 10. Promises kept and broken, right or wrong. Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9781552501306
- 1552501302
- 9781919713847
- 1919713840
- LCCN
- 2004377637
- 99808598520
- OCLC
- ocm55020469
- 55020469
- SCSB-1345566
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library