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Health inequality and development [electronic resource] / edited by Mark McGillivray, Indranil Dutta and David Lawson.

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"This book investigates issues related to health inequality with a particular interest on developing countries. It provides rigorous empirical work on both trends and causal factors behind health inequality, analyzes the implications of health deprivations on poverty traps and suggests practica...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: McGillivray, Mark, Dutta, Indranil, 1972-, Lawson, David, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Studies in development economics and policy.
Subjects:
Social medicine > Developing countries.
Equality > Health aspects > Developing countries.
Public health > Social aspects > Developing countries.
Equality > Health aspects.
Public health > Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Developing countries.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Health Inequality and Development: Achieving Better Health in Developing Countries
  • 2. Measurement and Explanation of Inequality in Health and Health Care in Low-Income Settings
  • 3. Global Inequality in Health: Disparities in Human Longevity among Countries
  • 4. Determinants of Child Weight and Height in Sri Lanka: A Quantile Regression Approach
  • 5. Environmental Determinants of Child Mortality in Kenya
  • 6. How Growth and Related Instabilities Lower Child Survival
  • 7. Intra-Household Arrangements and Adult Health Satisfaction:Evidence From Mexico
  • 8. Individual and Collective Resources and Women's Health in Morocco
  • 9. Health and Female Labour Market Participation: The Case of Uganda
  • Index.

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