The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)

by Giovanni Andrea Cornia (Editor), RenatoPaniccià (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2000

  $263.11

  The transition to a market economy in the countries of the former Soviet bloc was accompanied by a sudden and sharp increase in mortality of some three million people over the period 1989-96. This analysis of the upsurge in mortality rates aims to contribute to policies to tackle the crisis.