Globalisation, Inequality and Health

Simone Borghesi and Alessandro Vercelli

Department of Economics University of Siena from Department of Economics, University of Siena

Abstract: As we suggested in a previous work (Borghesi and Vercelli, Sustainable globalisation, Ecological Economics, vol.44, n.1, 2003), the process of globalisation affects the sustainability of development mainly through three channels: economic growth, inequality and environmental degradation. This conceptual framework may help us to understand also the causal influence of globalisation on health that represents a fundamental dimension of the quality of life enjoyed by the people and of sustainability. For this purpose, the present paper aims to investigate both the direct and the indirect effects of post-war globalisation, with particular attention to the role played by inequality in the globalisation-health relationship. A few policy implications emerging from the analysis are also discussed, suggesting a policy strategy that can at the same time improve health and make the current globalisation process more compatible with sustainable development.

Keywords: globalisation; inequality; health; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 I10 I18 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-11
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