Poverty trap formed by the ecology of infectious diseases

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Vol. 277; no. 1685; pp. 1185 - 1192
• Main Authors: Bonds, Matthew H., Keenan, Donald C., Rohani, Pejman, Sachs, Jeffrey D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 22.04.2010
• Subjects: Communicable Diseases - economics; Communicable Diseases - epidemiology; Disease models; Disease prevalence rates; Disease transmission; Ecological balance; Ecological modeling; Ecology; Economic models; Economics; Epidemiology; Humans; Income; Income estimates; Infectious Disease; Infectious diseases; Models, Biological; Poverty; Prevalence

While most of the world has enjoyed exponential economic growth, more than one-sixth of the world is today roughly as poor as their ancestors were many generations ago. Widely accepted general explanations for the persistence of such poverty have been elusive and are needed by the international deve...