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UNINA9911008473203321 |
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Autore |
Hanlon Joseph |
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Titolo |
Do bicycles equal development in Mozambique? / / Joseph Hanlon & Teresa Smart |
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Suffolk : , : Boydell & Brewer, , 2008 |
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1-282-62118-1 |
9786612621185 |
1-84615-628-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Economic development - Mozambique |
Mozambique Economic conditions 1975- |
Mozambique Economic policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: more bicycles, but ... -- A brief history: war, peace & slow recovery -- Can peasants pull Nampula out of poverty? -- The Manica miracle is over -- Cashew: from disaster to export model -- Tobacco: hard choices -- Has poverty decreased? -- Is there development is Mozambique? -- Fremilo & the democratic one-party state -- Corruption, rent-seeking, reform & a divided elite -- Aid dependence & subservience: carrots & sticks -- On the edge of the world -- Questioning the cargo cult -- INcreased demand to kick-start the economy -- Agriculture & the new role for the state -- Finance & a development bank -- The developmental state builds capitalism -- Can Mozambique stop putting its hand out & become a development state? |
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Is Mozambique an African success story? It has 7 percent a year growth rate and substantial foreign investment. Fifteen years after the war of destabilisation, the peace has held. Mozambique is the donors' model pupil, carefully following their prescriptions and receiving more than a billion dollars a year in aid. The number of bicycles has doubled and this is often cited as the symbol of development. In this book the authors challenge some key assumptions of both the donors and the government and ask questions such as whether there has been too |
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much stress on the Millennium Development Goals and too little support for economic development; if it makes sense to target the poorest of the poor, or would it be better to target those who create the jobs which will employ the poor; whether there has been too much emphasis on foreign investment and too little on developing domestic capital; and if the private sector really will end poverty, or must there be a stronger role for the state in the economy? This book is about more than Mozambique. Mozambique is an apparent success story that is used to justify the present 'post-Washington consensus' development model. Here, the case of Mozambique is situated within the broader development debate. Joseph Hanlon is Senior Lecturer at the Open University and the author of 'Beggar Your Neighbours'; 'Mozambique: Who Calls the Shots?'; and 'Peace without Profit' (all published by James Currey) which have all made influential interventions in the development debate; Teresa Smart is Director of the London Mathematics Centre, Institute of Education. |
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UNINA9910954641803321 |
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Beyond health insurance : public policy to improve health / / edited by Lorens Helmchen, Robert Kaestner, Anthony Lo Sasso |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bingley, : JAI Press, 2008 |
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9786613681829 |
9781280771057 |
1280771054 |
9781848551817 |
1848551819 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Collana |
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Advances in health economics and health services research, , 0731-2199 ; ; v. 19 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HouserDaniel |
McCabeKevin |
HelmchenLorens |
KaestnerRobert |
Lo SassoAnthony T (Anthony Thomas) |
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Business & Economics - Insurance - Health |
Health systems & services |
Public health & preventive medicine |
Health insurance policies |
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"In light of the imbalance in health policy debate in the United States, in November 2007, the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and College of Medicine at the University of Illinois sponsored a conference entitled 'Beyond health insurance: public policy to improve health'--Introd. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Quantifying national spending on wellness and prevention / George Miller, Charles Roehrig, Paul Hughes-Cromwick, Craig Lake -- Spillover effects of prescription drug withdrawals / John Cawley, John A. Rizzo -- The psychology of nutrition messages / Heather Schofield, Sendhil Mullainathan -- Evaluation criteria for report cards of healthcare providers / Jesse D. Schold -- Evaluating the value of genomic diagnostics : implications for clinical practice and public policy / Amalia M. Issa -- Achieving the healthy people 2010 goal of elimination of health disparities : what will it take? / Kevin Fiscella -- Influence, information overload, and information technology in health care / James B. Rebitzer, Mari Rege, Christopher Shepard -- Health disparities and direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceutical products / Rosemary J. Avery, Donald Kenkel, Dean R. Lillard, Alan Mathios, Hua Wang -- Pharmaceutical innovation and the longevity of Australians : a first look / Frank R. Lichtenberg, Gautier Duflos -- Introduction / Lorens Helmchen, Robert Kaestner, Anthony Lo Sasso. |
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Much of the debate about health policy in the United States has focused on the availability of health insurance coverage and the relatively large number of individuals who are uninsured. While tackling the problem of the uninsured might improve access to and utilization of health care, it would likely have little effect on the health of the population, as there is only a weak connection between health insurance coverage and health. Expanding health insurance coverage alone is unlikely to significantly improve the health of the population or narrow health disparities within the population, given that many of the major causes of poor health such as smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity are largely unaffected by health insurance. The narrow focus on the uninsured in the health policy debate comes at the expense of other policies that could improve health faster and more significantly for every dollar spent.It is well known that the United States spends approximately twice as much per capita on health care as most other developed nations, but that there is little difference in population health between the United States and other developed nations. This suggests that we are on the 'flat part of the curve' of health care spending with respect to health and as a result need to pursue other approaches for improving population health.In light of the imbalance in the health policy debate in the US, in November 2007, the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois sponsored a conference entitled, Beyond Health Insurance: Public Policy to Improve Health. The purpose of the conference was to make available to the public new research on policies that can significantly improve the health of the US population. The conference focused on four areas: reducing racial and ethnic health disparities, preventing disease and promoting health, developing and regulating pharmaceuticals, and improving consumer information. |
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