This paper tests using survey data from China whether individual health is associated with income and community …-level income inequality. Although poor health and high inequality are key features of many developing countries, most of the …-reported health status increases with per capita income, but at a decreasing rate. Controlling for per capita income, we find an …

several of the goals. But many countries, most especially in Africa, will not. The projections show that poverty will become … more heavily concentrated in Africa in both relative and absolute terms. In addition, whilst urban poverty will increase …, in 2015 poverty will remain a predominately rural phenomenon, with 60-70 per cent of the poor (depending on the measure …

in the literature on the relationship between poverty and health in developing countries. We analyse the role public …The interaction between available individual and collective resources in the determination of health is largely ignored … resources play in the perception that rural women in Morocco have of their health. These resources are taken to contribute …

trends in national income, poverty and public expenditure. Debt Service: An Emerging Problem looks at the growth of external … Commonwealth of Independent States. It contains six articles: Economic Growth, Poverty and Long-Term Disadvantage examines recent …

% of GDP, re-establishes the trend that monetary poverty would have followed in the absence of a crisis and even leads to a … modern health care services. A universal (non-targeted) variant of this transfer policy for 0-5 year-olds has similar results …

range of topics including income and poverty, fertility, infant and adult mortality, enrolment in education and care of …

chapters examine the record of the decade in four key areas affecting human welfare: income inequality and child poverty …, health, education, and child protection. An introductory chapter analyses key economic and demographic trends. In each case …