Climate,development and malaria: an application of <Emphasis Type="Italic">FUND</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Richard S J Tol |
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Institution: | (1) Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland;(2) Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(3) Dept. Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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Abstract: | Climate change may well increase malaria morbidity and mortality. This would slow economic growth through increased spending
on health care, reduced production, and less effective education. Slower economic growth would increase the incidence of malaria
morbidity and mortality. The integrated assessment model FUND is used to estimate the strength of this negative feedback. Although climate-change-induced health problems may well substantially
affect the projected growth path of developing regions, it is unlikely that climate change would reverse economic growth due
to the impacts considered here. Even in sub-Saharan Africa, an area thought to be very sensitive to climate change and associated
health effect, the impact, while detectable, is small and unlikely to reverse economic growth. |
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