non-poor in the developing world. The author estimates that selective mortality-whereby poorer people tend to have higher … death rates-accounts for 10-30 percent of the developing world's trend rate of "$1 a day" poverty reduction in the 1990s …

The Millennium Development Goals set quantitative targets for poverty reduction and improvements in health, education … in health, education, and the environment. Both estimates yield a figure in the range of $40-$70 billion in additional … health or education and related outcomes, or the relationship between investment and growth, the sensitivity of the results …

Demographic and Health Survey in 2000, he shows that excess mortality was extremely high and heavily concentrated during 1974 … contributes to the literature on the economic analysis of conflict. Using mortality data for siblings from the Cambodia … educated background were more likely to die. Infant mortality was also at very high levels during the period, and disability …

This paper presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long run for health and education outcomes, in a … this period, allowing the authors to assess the permanent health and education impacts of orphanhood. The analysis controls …

agricultural output, poorer health, and more frequent natural disasters. Carbon emissions in the developed world have leveled off … countries are largely responsible for global warming, the brunt of the fallout will be borne by the developing world, in lower …, but are projected to rise rapidly in the developing world due to their economic growth and population growth -- the latter …

The authors examine the effects of the introduction of Vietnam's health insurance (VHI) program on health outcomes …, health care utilization, and non-medical household consumption. The use of panel data collected before and after the … biases due to inappropriate specification of the outcome regression model. The authors' results suggest that Vietnam's health …

Inequalities in health have recently started to receive a good deal of attention in the developing world. But how large … inequalities - in both the developing, and the industrial world - supports the notion that health inequalities rise with rising per … inequalities in health across countries. The author explores the reasons for these inter-country differences, and concludes that …

significant health impact, while in rural areas increasing vaccination coverage is important for mortality reduction. …Empirical studies on health at a disaggregate level-by socioeconomic group or geographic location-can provide useful … information for designing poverty-focused interventions. Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data, the author investigates …