different dimensions, we explore the role of average improvements and distributional changes in children's health and nutrition …

This study explores global inequality in health status and decomposes it into within- and between-country inequality …. We rely on standardized height as our health indicator since it avoids the measurement pitfalls of more traditional … measures of health such as morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy. It also avoids measurement problems associated with using …

This study explores global inequality in health status, and decomposes it into within- andbetween-country inequality …. We rely on standardized height indicators as our health indicator sincethey avoid the measurement pitfalls of more … traditional measures of health such as morbidity,mortality and life expectancy. They also avoid measurement problems associated …

This paper discusses the many dimensions of health inequality, a multi-faceted concept, which examines the dispersion … in the distribution of health spending, the provision of health services, health capabilities and health outcomes. The … underlying concern is motivated by issues of both social justice and economic efficiency, recognizing health's central role as a …