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題名 Natural Resources and Infectious Diseases: The Case of Malaria, 2000-2014
作者 張文揚
Chang, Wen-Yang
Wei, Dan
貢獻者 外交系
關鍵詞 Natural resource curse; Infectious disease; Malaria; Human capital; Corruption; Health expenditure
日期 2018
上傳時間 5-Dec-2018 17:24:53 (UTC+8)
摘要 Recent discussions on the natural resource curse theory have expanded from looking at economic and sociopolitical developments to focusing on the impact of natural resources on the spread of, and deaths from, infectious diseases. However, consensus on a link between natural resources and infectious diseases rarely exists, and empirical results are mixed at best. This paper attempts to re-explore such a link by focusing on malaria, a major infectious disease. We argue thatin resource-rich countries the reluctance of governments to investin human capital, rampant corruption and weakened state capacity, and inferior hygiene conditions in mining and drilling areas lead to higher numbers of cases of malaria. To provide empirical support, we apply differentnatural resourcemeasures, and examine their impacts on the number of cases ofinfection and death from malaria for the period 2000–2014. Statistical results largely confirm our observations that natural resource abundance is positively associated with a higher number of incidences of and deaths from malaria. These results hold with alternative malaria and resource indicators, and model specifications. The results also have policy implications for malaria control, global public health, and natural resource management.
關聯 The Social Science Journal
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2018.08.009
dc.contributor 外交系zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) 張文揚zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Chang, Wen-Yangen_US
dc.creator (作者) Wei, Danen_US
dc.date (日期) 2018
dc.date.accessioned 5-Dec-2018 17:24:53 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 5-Dec-2018 17:24:53 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 5-Dec-2018 17:24:53 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/121227-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Recent discussions on the natural resource curse theory have expanded from looking at economic and sociopolitical developments to focusing on the impact of natural resources on the spread of, and deaths from, infectious diseases. However, consensus on a link between natural resources and infectious diseases rarely exists, and empirical results are mixed at best. This paper attempts to re-explore such a link by focusing on malaria, a major infectious disease. We argue thatin resource-rich countries the reluctance of governments to investin human capital, rampant corruption and weakened state capacity, and inferior hygiene conditions in mining and drilling areas lead to higher numbers of cases of malaria. To provide empirical support, we apply differentnatural resourcemeasures, and examine their impacts on the number of cases ofinfection and death from malaria for the period 2000–2014. Statistical results largely confirm our observations that natural resource abundance is positively associated with a higher number of incidences of and deaths from malaria. These results hold with alternative malaria and resource indicators, and model specifications. The results also have policy implications for malaria control, global public health, and natural resource management.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) The Social Science Journal
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Natural resource curse; Infectious disease; Malaria; Human capital; Corruption; Health expenditureen_US
dc.title (題名) Natural Resources and Infectious Diseases: The Case of Malaria, 2000-2014en_US
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1016/j.soscij.2018.08.009
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2018.08.009