基本説明
This innovative analysis suggests an alternative model of growth in which the measure of a nations's success is not its per capita income but the life expectancy of its population.
Full Description
This book studies the experience of twelve countries that have broken through the limits that low incomes so often impose on human survival: China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Oman, Panama, the former Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela. Most made impressive gains in life expectancy in the decades after 1920, and by 1960 nearly matched the rich countries in survival. James C. Riley finds that all of these countries enjoyed significant social growth, all invested in public health, and all gained the people's participation in the effort to improve their own lives and health. This innovative analysis suggests an alternative model of growth in which the measure of a nation's success is not its per capita income but the life expectancy of its population.
Contents
List of Illustrations Foreword by Daniel M. Fox and Samuel L. Milbank Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Life Expectancy and Income among the First Countries to Begin Health Transitions 2. Which Countries Should Be Studied? 3. A Colonizer and the Country Colonized: Japan and Korea 4. Very Low Income Is Not a Barrier: Sri Lanka 5. Two Neighbors: Panama and Costa Rica 6. Capitalism and Communism, Dictatorship and Democracy: Cuba and Jamaica 7. The Soviet and Chinese Models of Social Development 8. Oil-Rich Lands 9. The Latin American Case: Income Inequality and Health in Mexico 10. Limiting Mortality from Fecal Disease, Malaria, and Tuberculosis Conclusion Appendix: Chronology of Health Transitions and Gross Domestic Product per Capita in 167 Countries Notes Index
