Progress Toward the Health MDGs : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?

This paper looks at differential progress on the health Millennium Development Goals between the poor and better-off within countries. The findings are based on original analysis of 235 Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster...

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Main Authors:	Wagstaff, Adam, Bredenkamp, Caryn, Buisman, Leander R.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY ABSOLUTE TERMS ABSOLUTE VALUE ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY AGED ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ANTENATAL CARE ANTENATAL VISITS BABIES BCG BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS BREASTFEEDING CAREGIVERS CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CONDOM CONDOM USE CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE COUNTRY LEVEL DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIARRHEA DISEASES DYSENTERY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LETTERS EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE ENERGY CONSUMPTION EXERCISES FEVER GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS HEALTH SURVEYS HIGH GROWTH HIGH GROWTH RATE HIV HIV/AIDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH STATUS INEQUALITY MEASURES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INTERVENTION KEY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALARIA PREVENTION MALARIA TREATMENTS MALARIA-ENDEMIC COUNTRIES MALARIOUS AREAS MALNUTRITION MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICINE METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF DEATHS NUTRITION ORAL REHYDRATION ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY ORT PATIENTS PNEUMONIA POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLIO POOR PEOPLE POPULATION INDICATORS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE RATE OF GROWTH RATES OF GROWTH RELATIVE INEQUALITY SEX SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL SKILLED PERSONNEL SLEEP SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SYMPTOMS SYPHILIS TB TELEVISION TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS TUBERCULOSIS CASES UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY USE OF CONTRACEPTION VACCINE WEALTH DISTRIBUTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19581319/progress-toward-health-mdgs-poor-being-left-behind http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18792

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Progress Toward the Health MDGs : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?

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