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Question 1

health trap

Answer 1

• ill health leads to future poverty
• ill health of the family’s member (father) leads to future poverty of the children
• according to jeffrey sach a larger proportion of the world poorest people are stuck in a health-based poverty trap
• also the lack of prevention affected the equation

Question 2

classic poverty trap (health)

Answer 2

• the classic is based in the effect of a ill health in family members, specifically parents.
  ex: father ill ———> child ill —->affect education and/or work——>lower future income ———>cycle repeat

Question 3

Preventive care : the low hanging fruit

Answer 3

According to the data:

1. the poor spend a lot of money on health, but mainly on expensive cures rather than cheap prevention
2. the poor does not seem spent in preventive care

Possible explanations:

• Price sensitivity
• Unreliable health service delivery
• A lack of information or trust (not clear benefits)
• Time- inconsistent behavior