Pim Martens|Su Mia Akin|Maud Huynen|Raza Mohsin
Is globalization healthy: a statistical indicator analysis of the impacts of globalization on health
Maastricht University|Maastricht University|Maastricht University|Maastricht University
clear globalization something purely economic phenomenon manifesting global scale among visible manifestations globalization greater international movement goods services financial capital information people addition technological developments transboundary cultural exchanges facilitated freer trade differentiated products well tourism immigration changes political landscape ecological consequences paper link maastricht globalization index health indicators analyse globalized countries better terms infant mortality rate underfive mortality rate adult mortality rate results indicate positive association high level globalization low mortality rates view arguments globalization provides winners losers might seen disequalizing process perhaps careful interpreting observed positive association simple evidence globalization mostly good health hope analysis health impacts globalization may help adjusting optimising process globalization every level direction sustainable healthy development