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Towards a Political Economy of Tobacco Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

dc.contributor.author Bump, J.B.
dc.contributor.author Reich, M.R.
dc.contributor.author Adeyi, O.
dc.contributor.author Khetrapal, S.
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-05T19:11:41Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-05T19:11:41Z
dc.date.issued 2009-08
dc.description.abstract This study provides the basis for constructing a political economy of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The authors first undertook a literature review of tobacco control in LMICs to explore the forces that oppose the adoption, implementation, and enforcement of tobacco control strategies. The authors then used the sources collected to conduct a stakeholder analysis, as a first step in constructing a political economy of tobacco control in LMICs. The authors focused primarily at the international level because of the dominant role of transnational tobacco companies (TTCs). The author's review of the literature suggests four broad conclusions. First, a political economy approach has been applied only rarely as a formal analytical methodology in the literature on the tobacco control in LMICs. Second, even when the term "political economy" was used in a document, the paper typically did not explicitly conduct this kind of analysis and did not directly consider political strategies for advancing tobacco control. Third, translating the framework convention on tobacco control into tobacco use reductions at the national level is likely to require national-level political economy analyses to define political strategies appropriate to the particular national setting. Fourth, tobacco control's present and past is well documented, but analyses of future scenarios have focused on projections of health consequences and smoking trends. How TTCs will try to grow in the future has not been adequately addressed in the literature. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/12316039/towards-political-economy-tobacco-control-low--middle-income-countries
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13799
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper;
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ADDICTION
dc.subject ADOLESCENT
dc.subject ADOLESCENT GIRLS
dc.subject ADOLESCENTS
dc.subject ADULT SMOKING
dc.subject AGED
dc.subject ALCOHOL
dc.subject ANTI-TOBACCO ACTIVITIES
dc.subject ANTISMOKING PROGRAMS
dc.subject CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
dc.subject CARE PROVIDERS
dc.subject CARE PROVISION
dc.subject CESSATION ADVICE
dc.subject CESSATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject CHILD REARING
dc.subject CHRONIC DISEASE
dc.subject CIGARETTE
dc.subject CIGARETTE PACKAGES
dc.subject CIGARETTE TAXES
dc.subject COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO CONTROL
dc.subject CURRENT SMOKERS
dc.subject DEPENDENCE
dc.subject DOMESTIC TOBACCO
dc.subject ECONOMIC EFFECTS
dc.subject ECONOMY OF TOBACCO CONTROL
dc.subject EFFECTIVE TOBACCO CONTROL
dc.subject EFFECTIVE TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES
dc.subject EFFECTS OF TOBACCO
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE
dc.subject EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject EX-SMOKERS
dc.subject EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE
dc.subject FAMILIES
dc.subject FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subject GLOBAL TOBACCO SURVEILLANCE
dc.subject GYNECOLOGY
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH EFFECTS
dc.subject HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject HEALTH RISKS
dc.subject HEALTH WARNINGS
dc.subject HIV/AIDS
dc.subject HOSPITALS
dc.subject HYGIENE
dc.subject INDOOR AIR
dc.subject INDOOR AIR QUALITY
dc.subject INFANTS
dc.subject INTERVENTION
dc.subject LEAF TOBACCO
dc.subject LIVER DISEASE
dc.subject LUNG CANCER
dc.subject MALNUTRITION
dc.subject MARKETING
dc.subject MEDICAL SCHOOLS
dc.subject MORBIDITY
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject NATIONAL HEALTH
dc.subject NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES
dc.subject NICOTINE
dc.subject NICOTINE DELIVERY
dc.subject NICOTINE POISONING
dc.subject NURSES
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject OBSTETRICS
dc.subject OLD MALES
dc.subject OLDER STUDENTS
dc.subject OPIUM
dc.subject ORAL TOBACCO USE
dc.subject PACKAGE WARNINGS
dc.subject PARENTAL SMOKING
dc.subject PATIENTS
dc.subject PEER PRESSURE
dc.subject PHYSICIANS
dc.subject POTENTIAL SMOKERS
dc.subject PREGNANCY
dc.subject PREMATURE DEATH
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PSYCHOLOGY
dc.subject PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS
dc.subject PUBLIC AWARENESS
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject PUBLIC SPACES
dc.subject QUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subject RATES OF TOBACCO
dc.subject RATES OF TOBACCO USE
dc.subject REGULAR SMOKERS
dc.subject REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject RESEARCH CENTERS
dc.subject RESEARCH METHODS
dc.subject RESEARCH PROJECTS
dc.subject RESTRICTIONS ON SMOKING
dc.subject RISK FACTORS
dc.subject RISKS OF TOBACCO
dc.subject ROLE MODELS
dc.subject SCHOOLS
dc.subject SECOND HAND SMOKE
dc.subject SECOND-HAND SMOKE
dc.subject SHS
dc.subject SMOKE EXPOSURE
dc.subject SMOKELESS TOBACCO
dc.subject SMOKER
dc.subject SMOKERS
dc.subject SMOKING
dc.subject SMOKING CESSATION
dc.subject SMOKING EPIDEMIC
dc.subject SMOKING IN PUBLIC
dc.subject SMOKING PREVALENCE
dc.subject SMOKING RATES
dc.subject SMOKING RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject SMOKING TRENDS
dc.subject SMUGGLED CIGARETTES
dc.subject SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY
dc.subject SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subject TOBACCO
dc.subject TOBACCO ADVERTISING
dc.subject TOBACCO COMPANIES
dc.subject TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
dc.subject TOBACCO CONTROL INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject TOBACCO CONTROL LEGISLATION
dc.subject TOBACCO CONTROL MEASURES
dc.subject TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES
dc.subject TOBACCO CONTROL POLICY
dc.subject TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM
dc.subject TOBACCO CONTROL RESEARCH
dc.subject TOBACCO CONTROL STRATEGIES
dc.subject TOBACCO EPIDEMIC
dc.subject TOBACCO FARMERS
dc.subject TOBACCO FARMING
dc.subject TOBACCO GROWERS
dc.subject TOBACCO GROWING
dc.subject TOBACCO INDUSTRY
dc.subject TOBACCO POLICIES
dc.subject TOBACCO POLICY
dc.subject TOBACCO PRODUCTION
dc.subject TOBACCO PRODUCTS
dc.subject TOBACCO SUPPLY
dc.subject TOBACCO TAX
dc.subject TOBACCO TAX REVENUES
dc.subject TOBACCO TAXES
dc.subject TOBACCO USE
dc.subject TOBACCO USERS
dc.subject TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subject VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject WASTE
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.subject YOUNG ADULT
dc.subject YOUNG SMOKERS
dc.subject YOUTH
dc.subject YOUTH SMOKERS
dc.subject YOUTH SMOKING
dc.title Towards a Political Economy of Tobacco Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries en
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okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/12316039/towards-political-economy-tobacco-control-low--middle-income-countries
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000334955_20100525055208
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 12316039
okr.identifier.report 54632
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okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/05/25/000334955_20100525055208/Rendered/PDF/546320WP0Polit10Box349423B01PUBLIC1.pdf en
okr.topic Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Tobacco Use and Control
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Alcohol and Substance Abuse
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Adolescent Health
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.unit Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.volume 1 of 1
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