empirical evidence, this paper discusses the effect of this expansion in health infrastructure on child nutrition in Peru, as … improve the health of the rural poor, especially indigenous groups, so that they can escape this kind of poverty trap … country`s health infrastructure that was instrumental in increasing preventive and primary health care expenditures. Using …

Poverty and inequality persist in many dimensions in the developing world. In order to understand the determinants of … poverty and its distribution between and within countries, it is necessary to know its dimensions and the channels through … which poverty and inequality affect human well-being. This book analyzes the spatial disparities of the outcomes and …

productivity in developing countries. Great strides were also made in improving the quality of food and the ability of vulnerable …