| Dedication |
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vi | |
| Acknowledgements |
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vii | |
| A Note on Country Designation |
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ix | |
| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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xii | |
| Why a Focus on the G8? |
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xiv | |
| The Report Card Project |
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xv | |
| Outline of the Book |
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xix | |
| Limitations of the Analysis |
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xxi | |
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Globalization, Health and Development: The Right Prescription? |
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1 | (12) |
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1 | (1) |
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Contemporary Globalization |
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2 | (2) |
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Globalization, Health and Development: Competing Arguments, Conflicting Evidence |
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4 | (2) |
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A Framework for Understanding Globalization's Impacts on Health |
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6 | (4) |
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Poverty and Income Inequality |
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10 | (1) |
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The Environment and Sustainable Development |
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11 | (2) |
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Macroeconomic Policy, Structural Adjustment and Debt Relief |
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13 | (26) |
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13 | (1) |
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`Debt Crises' and Structural Adjustment |
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14 | (4) |
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The Need for Debt Relief and the HIPC Initiative |
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18 | (8) |
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HIPC Conditionality: Are PRSPs Just the Reincarnation of Structural Adjustment? |
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26 | (3) |
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Poverty Reduction and Foreign Direct Investment |
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29 | (3) |
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International Finance, Tax Competition and Offshore Financial Centers |
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32 | (3) |
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35 | (4) |
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Health and Health Systems |
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39 | (40) |
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39 | (3) |
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
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42 | (5) |
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Essential Health Interventions as Global Public Goods |
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47 | (2) |
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Health System Infrastructure |
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49 | (4) |
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G8 Official Development Assistance to Health-Systems Development |
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53 | (5) |
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58 | (3) |
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Access to Essential Medicines |
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61 | (3) |
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Macroeconomic Policies and Health Care |
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64 | (2) |
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Privatization, Liberalization and GATS |
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66 | (5) |
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Tobacco Control: Deadly Silence from the G8 |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (6) |
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79 | (17) |
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79 | (1) |
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Education for All and the Dakar Framework for Action |
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80 | (4) |
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Policy Challenges, G8 Responses |
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84 | (9) |
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93 | (3) |
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Nutrition, Food Security and Biotechnology |
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96 | (20) |
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96 | (1) |
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Nutrition and Food Security |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (3) |
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Child Malnutrition, Food Security and Africa |
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103 | (2) |
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Biotechnology and Food Security |
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105 | (4) |
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Agricultural Exports and Food Security |
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109 | (3) |
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Food Security: An Epilogue |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (3) |
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Official Development Assistance |
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116 | (22) |
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116 | (2) |
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Trends in G7 Official Development Assistance |
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118 | (14) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (15) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (4) |
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Protected and Subsidized Agriculture |
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143 | (2) |
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Market Access: Necessary but Not Sufficient |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (3) |
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Market Liberalization and Changes in Taxation |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (3) |
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153 | (19) |
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153 | (2) |
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Drinking Water and Sanitation |
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155 | (2) |
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Privatization, Water and GATS |
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157 | (2) |
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Environmental Assessments of ECA Activities |
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159 | (2) |
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Commitments on Multilateral Environmental Agreements |
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161 | (2) |
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Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy |
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163 | (5) |
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Johannesburg and the Retreat from Sustainable Development |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (3) |
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Equity, Health and NEPAD: A Case Study |
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172 | (33) |
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172 | (1) |
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Global Policy, African Realities |
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173 | (14) |
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The NEPAD Report Card Project |
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187 | (16) |
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203 | (2) |
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Promises Kept and Broken, Right or Wrong |
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205 | (25) |
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205 | (1) |
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Promises Kept, Promises Broken |
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206 | (3) |
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Promises Right, Promises Wrong |
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209 | (4) |
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Areas for Further Research |
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213 | (11) |
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Conclusion: The G8 and the Question of Global Governance |
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224 | (6) |
| Epilogue |
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230 | (3) |
| References |
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233 | (38) |
| Appendix 1: G7 and G8 Health-Related Commitments Matrix: 1999-2001 |
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271 | (46) |
| Appendix 2: Data Tables |
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317 | (15) |
| Appendix 3: NEPAD's Health Commitments |
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332 | (39) |
| Index |
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