Health Development and Primary Health Care

INTRODUCTIONThe peoples and countries of the Third World are struggling to overcome the effects of centuries of colonial dependency and unequal world relationships. These effects can be seen clearly in the area of human health. For example, of the 1978 world total of 17 million early childhood deaths (i.e., those under five years of age) around 97% took place in the Third World (1). If all the countries of the world had the same early childhood mortality rates as those of Northern Europe there would have been only 2 million such deaths. The relationship between such appaling health conditions health conditions and wider social structures is highlighted in the Six World Health Situation Report (1973-1977), prepared by the World Health Organization (2)

Editorial Note

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Editorial Note

Editorial note

Editorial Note

Editorial

Editorial Note

In relation to EA P’s (Vol 38, No 2) papers on Global Warming and Climate Change we have received feedback from several readers on Carter’s (2008) contribution. As indicated in aims and scope of the journal, our objective is to publish controversies on current topics that are interesting to economists and a more general readership under Policy Debates and Controversies. It is the intention to involve contributors from related disciplines and as such not all aspects of contributions represent new or original research within the field of the contributor, but it may help the core readership of this journal to obtain a broader appreciation of the topics discussed. With reference to Carter’s (2008) contribution, this issue is publishing a reply from Bob Ward from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. We also publish a brief reply from Bob Carter to Ward’s paper. The editors believe that not all arguments in the debate are new to the climate change debate, but the discussion has prompted a discussion among economists, students and the public. We would now like to close this controversy with this issue and thank all contributors for their views for a highly interesting and useful debate.global warming, human-caused global warming, climate change, economics of climate change, rationalist views on climate change, sceptical views on climate change