Wealth, health, and democracy in East Asia and Latin America

Incomes, capabilities, and mortality decline

Democracy, spending, services, and survival

Costa Rica : a healthy democracy

Chile : the Pinochet paradox

Argentina : big welfare state, slow infant mortality decline

Brazil : from laggard to leader in basic health service provision

Taiwan : from poor but healthy to wealthy and healthy

South Korea : small welfare state, fast infant mortality decline

Thailand : democratization speeds infant mortality decline

Indonesia : authoritarianism slows infant mortality decline

Wealth, health, democracy, and mortality.