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 …

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 …

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 …

growth and poverty reduction, but also on intermediate outcomes such as health and education. This paper reviews evidence …

The World Bank.s health sector projects in Timor-Leste.the Health Sector Rehabilitation and Development Project and the … Second Health Sector Rehabilitation and Development Project.have been among the few successful operations it has funded in …