Interrelationships among Health, Environment Quality, and Economic Activity: What Consequences for Economic Convergence?
Alassane Drabo
No wp-2011-034, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
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This paper examines the link between health indicators, environmental variables, and economic development, and the consequences of this relationship on economic convergence. In the early stage of economic development, the gain from income growth could be cancelled or mitigated by environmental degradation through health (and other channels), and create a vicious circle in economic activity unlike in developed countries. This in turn could slow down economic convergence.
Keywords: Environment and economic development; Environment; Gross national product; Health; Convergence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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