- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Inter‐country Comparisons of Income Poverty Based on a Capability Approach†
- Chapter 2 The Capability Approach and the Political Economy of Human Development
- Chapter 3 India and China†
- Chapter 4 Sustainable Human Well‐Being
- Chapter 5 Human Rights and Human Development†
- Chapter 6 Entitlements and Capabilities
- Chapter 7 Country Patterns of Behavior on Broader Dimensions of Human Development
- Chapter 8 Poverty and Famines
- Chapter 9 Engaging With Sen on Gender Relations
- Chapter 10 Family Ties, Incentives and Development†
- Chapter 11 From “Harmony” to “Cooperative Conflicts”
- Chapter 12 Famine, Widowhood and Paid Work
- Chapter 13 Time And Income
- Chapter 14 Death and Gender in Victorian England
- Chapter 15 Missing Women
- Chapter 16 Challenges Of Economic Development In Punjab†
- Chapter 17 Growth, Distribution and Inclusiveness
- Chapter 18 Economic Reforms, Poverty and Inequality In China and India
- Chapter 19 Economics, Ethics and Climate Change†
- Chapter 20 Has Development And Employment Through Labor‐Intensive Industrialization Become History?†
- Chapter 21 Imposed Environmental Standards and International Trade†
- Chapter 22 Pondering Poverty, Fighting Famines
- Chapter 23 Identity, Violence and the Power of Illusion
- Chapter 24 Freedom and Equality
- Chapter 25 Protective Security or Protection Rackets? War and Sovereignty
- Chapter 26 Democracy and Its Indian Pasts
- Chapter 27 The Clash Within
- Chapter 28 Engaging with Impossibilities and Possibilities†
- Chapter 29 Agents into Principals
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
India and China †
India and China †
“The Art of Prolonging Life”
- Chapter:
- (p.48) Chapter 3 India and China†
- Source:
- Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen, Volume 2
- Author(s):
Lincoln C. Chen
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Amartya Sen has often cited the deep historical roots of India and China in sharing knowledge about health and longevity. In health, these two giant civilizations share many commonalities in health and development — the timing of national independence, population size, internal diversity, and their recent embrace of global markets. Life expectancy and child survival are better in China than India, but Chinese health gains have recently slowed. Exceptional health performance may be found in some Indian states like Kerala, but India also faces growing challenges of correcting inequities in health. Rapid economic growth in both countries has generated much stronger fiscal capacities to address these daunting challenges. Future health in India and China is uncertain but will likely be influenced by the major forces of changing demographics and epidemiology, reforms of the respective health sectors, and the development impact of health change.
Keywords: health care systems, development, demography, history, epidemiology, China, India, gender equity, human capabilities
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- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Inter‐country Comparisons of Income Poverty Based on a Capability Approach†
- Chapter 2 The Capability Approach and the Political Economy of Human Development
- Chapter 3 India and China†
- Chapter 4 Sustainable Human Well‐Being
- Chapter 5 Human Rights and Human Development†
- Chapter 6 Entitlements and Capabilities
- Chapter 7 Country Patterns of Behavior on Broader Dimensions of Human Development
- Chapter 8 Poverty and Famines
- Chapter 9 Engaging With Sen on Gender Relations
- Chapter 10 Family Ties, Incentives and Development†
- Chapter 11 From “Harmony” to “Cooperative Conflicts”
- Chapter 12 Famine, Widowhood and Paid Work
- Chapter 13 Time And Income
- Chapter 14 Death and Gender in Victorian England
- Chapter 15 Missing Women
- Chapter 16 Challenges Of Economic Development In Punjab†
- Chapter 17 Growth, Distribution and Inclusiveness
- Chapter 18 Economic Reforms, Poverty and Inequality In China and India
- Chapter 19 Economics, Ethics and Climate Change†
- Chapter 20 Has Development And Employment Through Labor‐Intensive Industrialization Become History?†
- Chapter 21 Imposed Environmental Standards and International Trade†
- Chapter 22 Pondering Poverty, Fighting Famines
- Chapter 23 Identity, Violence and the Power of Illusion
- Chapter 24 Freedom and Equality
- Chapter 25 Protective Security or Protection Rackets? War and Sovereignty
- Chapter 26 Democracy and Its Indian Pasts
- Chapter 27 The Clash Within
- Chapter 28 Engaging with Impossibilities and Possibilities†
- Chapter 29 Agents into Principals
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects