Health Inequality and Development [Hardcover]

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 practical policies which can be implemented.Health, Inequality and Development  Achieving Better Health in Developing Countries; M.McGillivray , I.Dutta &? D.Lawson Measurement and Explanation of Inequality in Health and Healthcare in Low-Income Settings; E.van Doorslaer & O.O'Donnell Global Inequality in Health: Disparities in Human Longevity among Countries; M.McGillivray Determinants of Child Weight and Height in Sri Lanka: A Quantile Regression Approach; H.Aturupane, A.B.Deolalikar & D.Gunewardena Environmental Determinants of Child Mortality in Kenya; C.J.Mutunga How Growth and Related Instabilities Lower Child Survival; P.Guillaumont, C.Korachais & J.Subervie Intra-Household Arrangements and Adult Health Satisfaction: Evidence from Mexico; M.Rojas Individual and Collective Resources and Women's Health in Morocco; M.C.Martin Health and Female Labour Market Participation: The Case of Uganda; S.Bridges & D.LawsonMARK MCGILLIVRAY is Research Chair in International Development at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute. His previous positions include Chief Economist of the Australian Agency for International Development and Deputy Director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University. Mark's research interests include aid allocation and effectiveness, measuring multidimensional well-being achievement and international inequality in well-being

INDRANIL DUTTA is currently a Brooks World Poverty Institute Lecturer in Economics at the University of Manchester. Prior to this he was a Research Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University. His primary researl#”