Health, wealth and poverty in developing countries: Beyond the State, market, and civil society

Obeng-Odoom, F

Health, wealth and poverty in developing countries: Beyond the State, market, and civil society

Obeng-Odoom, F

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Citation:: Health Sociology Review, 2012, 21 (2), pp. 156 - 164
Issue Date:: 2012-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Obeng-Odoom, F https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3997-7751	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Health Sociology Review, 2012, 21 (2), pp. 156 - 164	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1446-1242	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/32187
dc.description.abstract	Poor health and disease and the nature of interventions to ameliorate them typically generate opportunities and costs. What diseases are prevalent, which interventions are favoured and what factors fuel the nature of health interventions are recurrent concerns for political economists. This paper examines the prevailing viewpoints about what health policy works and what does not. Drawing on evidence from developing countries, it shows that there are many deficiencies in the prevailing orthodoxy which emphasises state, market, and civil society solutions. The paper suggests that health policy debate must be reframed around poverty and social inequality, constructs which are often subordinated to attaining grand ideological goals. © eContent Management Pty Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Health Sociology Review	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.5172/hesr.2012.21.2.156	en_US
dc.title	Health, wealth and poverty in developing countries: Beyond the State, market, and civil society	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
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Abstract:

Poor health and disease and the nature of interventions to ameliorate them typically generate opportunities and costs. What diseases are prevalent, which interventions are favoured and what factors fuel the nature of health interventions are recurrent concerns for political economists. This paper examines the prevailing viewpoints about what health policy works and what does not. Drawing on evidence from developing countries, it shows that there are many deficiencies in the prevailing orthodoxy which emphasises state, market, and civil society solutions. The paper suggests that health policy debate must be reframed around poverty and social inequality, constructs which are often subordinated to attaining grand ideological goals. © eContent Management Pty Ltd.

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