Poverty and Life Expectancy

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Author	: James C. Riley
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 280
Release	: 2005-07-18
ISBN-10	: 0521850479
ISBN-13	: 9780521850476
Rating	: 4/5 (79 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Poverty and Life Expectancy by : James C. Riley

Book excerpt: A multidisciplinary study that reconstructs Jamaica's rise from low to high life expectancy and explains how that was achieved. Jamaica is one of the small number of countries that has attained a life expectancy nearly matching that in richer countries, despite having a much lower level of per capita income.

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