Alcohol and economic development: observations on the kingdom of Bhutan

Title: Alcohol and economic development: observations on the kingdom of Bhutan
Creator: Kypri, Kypros; Dorji, Gampo; Dalton, Craig
Relation: NHMRC.1041867 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1041867
Relation: Drug and Alcohol Review Vol. 36, Issue 3, pp. 333-336
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12382
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2017
Description: Bhutan is a small country undergoing rapid social change arising from income growth, urbanisation and Western cultural influence. Markers of poverty, namely infectious disease and infant mortality, have improved dramatically. The attention of health authorities is now focused on the non-communicable disease and injury burdens, to which alcohol consumption is a major contributor. The paper draws on official data to characterise the consumption of alcohol and related harm, and the nature of the alcohol market, with commentary on crucial aspects of availability policies and drink-driving regulation that need reform.
Subject: alcohol; policy; economic development; Bhutan
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1332190
Identifier: uon:26804
Identifier: ISSN:0959-5236
Language: eng
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