Monitoring health is key for identifying priorities in public health planning and improving healthcare services. Life … expectancy has conventionally been regarded as a valuable indicator to compare the health status of different populations … disparities in health outcomes. Tracking the evolution of lifespan inequality is essential to promoting social justice and equity …

This paper examines a broad range of opportunities for addressing the pressing human development needs of low-income … health and education by new oil and gas revenues, and what other uses of those revenues are likely to arise. The paper argues …