Asian economic crises and health: population health impacts and policy responses

摘要

The current global economic crisis is affecting many Asian countries. In fact, the expanded activity especially in financial sectors following the previous economic crisis in the late 1990s may have even increased some countries' vulnerability to the current economic instability. Although the current crisis in Asia is different from the previous one in terms of its causes and patterns, they share similarities in their potential consequences, such as increases in unemployment and decreases in household income and spending.