• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The mortality crisis in transitional economies
  • Contributor: Cornia, Giovanni Andrea [Contributor]; Paniccià, Renato [Contributor]; Cornia, Giovanni Andrea [Other]
  • Corporation: World Institute for Development Economics Research.
  • Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000
  • Published in: UNU/WIDER studies in development economics
  • Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 456 p.); ill
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198297413.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191685347
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  • Keywords: Mortality Europe, Eastern ; Health Social aspects Europe, Eastern ; Life expectancy Europe, Eastern
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Description: The former Soviet bloc countries' transition to a market economy was accompanied by a sharp increase in mortality of some three million people from 1989-96. This analysis of that upsurge aims to contribute to policies to tackle the crisis.