An apparent temporary narrowing of income inequality has been observed during several recent banking crises. But it … the opposite pattern has also been present. Besides, the poor are much less able to absorb a cut in income: safety …

The benefits of good health to individuals and to society are strongly positive and improving the health of the poor is … a key Millennium Development Goal. A typical health strategy advocated by some is increased public spending on health … vaccines to ameliorate infectious diseases bedeviling the developing nations. But if the objective is better health outcomes at …

The Millennium Development Goals set quantitative targets for poverty reduction and improvements in health, education … necessary to increase economic growth so as to reduce income poverty, the other by estimating the cost of meeting specific goals … in health, education, and the environment. Both estimates yield a figure in the range of $40-$70 billion in additional …