Geography and international inequalities: The Impact of new technologies
This paper evaluates what some writers have predicted that new technologies mean the 'death of distance', allowing suitably skilled economies to converge with high-income countries. It argues those ge...
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Tecnología, Equity, Living Conditions
The Economics of public and private roles in health care: Insights from institutional economics and organizational theory
International experience indicates that the underlying cause of most threats to good health are well known today, and affordable drugs, surgeries and other interventions are often available, even in l...
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Servicios de Salud, Equidad en Salud, Financing, Health, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
New population policies: advancing women's health and rights
The Bulletin reviews the evolution of national population policies, particularly following the historic 1994 Cairo conference. It describes the new focus on improving reproductive health and women's r...
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16081, Salud Reproductiva, Mujeres, Advocacy
Making a difference? Gender and participatory development
The paper suggests, rethinking 'gender' and addressing more directly the issues of power and powerlessness that lie at the heart of both gender and development (GAD) and participatory development. Par...
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Identidad de Género, Participación Social, Advocacy
Rural poverty in developing countries: Implications for public policy
To understand poverty creation in rural areas and its effects on different groups, we need to look at the assets that the poor own or to which they have access, and their links to the economy. The eco...
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Pobreza, Países en Desarrollo, Economic Conditions, Advocacy
Trade, growth, and poverty
" A key issue today is the effect of globalization on inequality and poverty. They first identify a group of developing countries that are participating more in globalization. Since China, India, an...
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Pobreza, Desarrollo Económico, Globalization, Advocacy, Equity, Living Conditions
WHO Fact Sheets: Wastes from health - care activities
It presents information on health impacts, risks associated with waste disposal, reasons for failure of waste management, steps towards improvement, and WHO's response.
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Residuos Sanitarios, Eliminación de Residuos Sanitarios, Administración de Residuos
Documents of the World Health Assembly
It presents documents from the World Health Assembly (WHA) related to health promotion, administration and management, disease prevention and control, finances, resolutions and decisions, technical co...
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Promoción de la Salud, Organización y Administración, Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles, Administración Financiera, Resoluciones, Salud Ambiental
The Adelaide Recommendations
It presents the text of the recommendations presented at the 2nd International Conference on health public policy. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required.
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Promoción de la Salud, Congreso
The Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century
It presents the text of the Declaration presented in the Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion. Also available in various other languages. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required...
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Promoción de la Salud, Congreso
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