dc.contributor.advisor |
Veltmeyer, Henry |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Cuba |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
India |
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dc.creator |
Monk, Heidi |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-06-08T17:31:12Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-06-08T17:31:12Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010 |
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dc.identifier.other |
RA395 C9 M68 2010 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/22980 |
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dc.description |
194 leaves ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-194). |
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dc.description.abstract |
The biophysical limits of the earth are used as a starting point to explore the pursuit of health, as a component of human development, at stable levels of economic activity. The crux of the matter lies in the relationship between government expenditures in health, their impact on health outcomes and the government's fiscal capability to maintain the expenditures. Evidence from the successful pursuit of health in Kerala, India and in Cuba, provides several observations, namely: health outcomes and growth are not closely linked; health can be pursued at low levels of economic activity; fiscal crises are not closely linked with government health expenditures nor with levels of economic growth; and finally that government health expenditures can reach points of diminishing marginal returns. Together these observations diminish the importance of economic growth in the pursuit of health and permit hypothesising about pursuing good health outcomes at stabilised levels of economic activity. |
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dc.description.provenance |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcc |
RA395.C9 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Public health -- Political aspects -- Kerala (India) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Public health -- Political aspects -- Cuba |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Cuba -- Health care |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Kerala (India) -- Health care |
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dc.title |
Human development and economic activity : government expenditure and health in Cuba and Kerala |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts in International Development Studies |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
International Development Studies Program |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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