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In his book The White Man's Burden, William Easterly reports:A vaccination campaign in southern Africa virtually eliminated measles as a killer of children. Routine childhood immunization combined with measles vaccination in seven southern african nations starting in 1996 virtually eliminational campaign in Egypt to make parents aware of the use of oral rehydration therapy from 1982 to 1989 cut childhood deaths from diarrhea by 82 percent over that period.a. Is it likely that real GDP per capita increased significantly in southern Africa and Egypt as a result of the near elimination of measles and the large decrease in childhood deaths from diarrhea? If these events did not increase real GDP per capita, is it still possible that they increased the standard of living in southern Africa and Egypt? Briefly explain.b. Which seems more achievable for a developing country: the elimination of measles and childhood deaths from diarrhea or sustained increases in real GDP per capita? Briefly explain.
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Long-Run Economic Growth: Sources and Policies
Section 1
Economic Growth over Time and around the world
The Real Economy in the Long Run
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Okay, so here, according to the given question, an article um here claimed that autism was caused by the M. M. R. vaccine while we have 12 Children with autism were studied, and later the article was retracted, um as the conclusions were not justified by the design of the study. So, no, We cannot conclude that the M. M. R. vaccine causes autism from the study because only 12 Children were studied. So the vaccine is given to all Children at the age of one and again at the age of four. So we cannot come to any conclusion by observing a few numbers of Children. So the reasons here might be the problem of data that this may be um data that was found was unreliable.
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