DISEASE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Impact of Parasitic Diseases in St. Lucia

Abstract

This study sought to measure the impacts of five parasitic diseases on (1) mortality and natality, (2) school attendance and academic performance of children, (3) labor productivity on a rural plantation, and in an urban light‐manufacturing plant — all in St. Lucia, West Indies.

Citation

Weisbrod, B.A., Andreano, R.L., Baldwin, R.E., Epstein, E.H., Kelley, A.C. and Helminiak, T.W. (1974), "DISEASE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Impact of Parasitic Diseases in St. Lucia", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013761