Health Inequality and Development

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.

MARK 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 research interests are mainly in the area deprivation and inequality. His papers have been published in the Journal of Health Economics, Economica and Mathematical Social Sciences
 
DAVID LAWSON is a Lecturer at The Institute for Development Policy and Management and senior research fellow/faculty associate with The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) and Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), University of Manchester. He has extensive developing country experience and his research interests are in development economics, but more specifically applied microeconometric analysis, and poverty dynamics, in relation to health and gender. He has published in leading development journals consulted extensively for the World Bank and DFID and is on the WHO Scientific Resource Group on Equity Analysis and Research. He is lead editor of “What Works for The Poorest: Poverty Reduction Programmes for the Ultra Poor” (2010), Practical Action

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.Lawson