special reference to children living in diverse poverty situations. …

It is argued that for households below poverty line any expenditure on health is catastrophic as they are unable to … representative and results are valid only for the sample. A representative sample survey, namely, World Health Survey, and aim to … attain the subsistence level of consumption. Thus, zero percent is taken as a threshold level to define catastrophic health …

Sheds light on the realities of girls' health and wellbeing in developing countries, on the links between the health of … girls and the prospects for their families, and on the specific actions that will improve health prospects for millions …. This report describes the most prevalent and serious health problems adolescent girls face in developing countries, linking …

the World Health Organization (WHO) should be encouraged and supported to take a more prominent role in improving the …Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems … differences between public health and intellectual property approaches to the problem. It is argued that public health, and not …

and health indicators. Quantile regression analysis is used to identify the impact of determinants at different parts of …

Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income …. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a … single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is aggregating dimensions of poverty and well-being useful? Is it …

The paper studies the relation between globalization, inequality and marginalization, within and across nations. It … reviews the existing evidence on globalization and global inequality and argues, using a simple theoretical model, that the … two are inter-connected. It discusses policy alternative policies to counter extreme poverty and inequality. The paper …