312 Pages
by
CRC Press
312 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Great and increasing inequities exist between the peoples of the Third World and those of the First. As well, we find ourselves threatened by imminent environmental catastrophes largely as a result of trying to maintain such inequities. This clear and straightforward text explains the complex origins of such bodies as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and others, and demonstrates the... Read more
Health and poverty. Problems caused by inequities in wealth and by environmental damage. Mortgaging the Third World. The conflict between health and global conflicts: a case study. Finance. Popular opposition to the inequities. Milk and imperialism. The impact of First World wealth on Third World health: British American Tobacco in China. The tobacco impact worldwide. The Third World and HIV/AIDS. Peru - a detailed case study of one Third World country. Cuba - model or monster? Possible routes to global health equity.
Biography
MacDonald, Theodore
