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Health & Poverty - Key Readings
  • Arblaster, L., Lambert, M., Entwistle, V., Foster, M., Fullerton, D., Sheldon, T., Watt, I., 1996. A systematic review of the effectiveness of health service interventions aimed at reducing inequalities in health. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, Vol. 1, N°2, pp. 93-103, 1996
  • Baker, J. and van der Gaag, J.1993. “Equity in the Finance and Delivery of Health Care: Evidence from Five Developing Countries,”  Equity in the Finance and Delivery of Health Care, van Doorslaer, Wagstaff and Rutten, eds. London: Oxford University Press.
  • Benzeval, M., K. Judge and M. Whitehead, 1995. Tacking Inequalities in Health: An agenda for action, London: King’s Fund.
  • Birdsall, N., and Hecht, R.,1995, Swimming Against the Tide: Strategies for Improving Equity in Health, Washington DC: World Bank.
  • Carrin, G., Politi, O., 1996. Poverty and Health: An Overview of Basic Linkages and Public Policy Measures, WHO Task Force on Health Economics. Briefing Note. Geneva: WHO
  • Claeson, M., et. al., 2000.  “Health, Nutrition and Population”, in Sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, World Bank,  Draft for Comments, August 29
  • Dahlgren, G. and Whitehead M., 1992.  Policies and Strategies to promote equity in health, Copenhagen: WHO, Regional Office for Europe.
  • Department for International Development (DFID), 2000.  Better Health for Poor People: Strategies for Achieving the International Development Targets, DFID, UK Government, London, November.
  • Evans, R., M. Barer, and T. Marmor, et.al., 1994.  Why are some people healthy and others not?  New York:  Aldine De Gruyter.
  • Filmer, D. and L. Pritchett, L., 1999.  “The impact of public spending on health: does money matter?” Social Science and Medicine 49:1309-1323.
  • Filmer D., J.S. Hammer, and L. Pritchett, 1998.  “Health Policy in Poor Countries: Weak Links in the Chain”, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1874, Washington DC.
  • Gwatkin, D. and M. Guillot, 2000. The Burden of Disease among the Global Poor, The World Bank
  • Gwatkin D., Guillot, M., Heuveline, P., 1999. The burden of Disease Among the Global Poor, The Lancet, Vol 354, pp. 586-589
  • Institute for Health Sector Development, 1998, “Which Health Policies are Pro-Poor?”, Issues Paper,  IHSD, London (initial working draft).
  • Lipson, D., 1998, “Poverty and Health: Aligning Sectoral Programmes with National Health Policies, “ Macroeconomics, Health and Development Series, No. 29, (WHO/(ICO/MESD.29), WHO, Geneva. 
  • Liu, Y., Hsiao, W. and Eggleston, K., 1999.  Equity in health and health care: the Chinese experience, Social Science and Medicine 49: 1349-1356. 
  • Loewenson, R., Sanders, D., Davies, R., 1991. Challenges in Equity in Health and Health Care: A Zimbabwean case study. Social Science and Medicine 32 (10), 1079-1088. 
  • Maniken, M., Waters. H. and Rauch, M., 1999.  An Analysis of Equity in Morbidity, Health Care Use, and Health Care Expenditures in Selected Developing and Transition Countries, Major Applied Research 3, Technical Report No. 1, Bethesda, MD:  Partnerships for Health Reform Project, Abt Associates, Inc. Draft, May.
  • Mushtaque, A., Chowdhury, R., Bhuiya, A., 2001. “Do poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health? The Bangladesh experience,” in Poverty, Inequality and Health. An International Perspective, Leon, D., and Walt, G., eds., Oxford University Press.
  • Straus, J and Thomas, D, 1998, Health, nutrition and economic development. Journal of economic literature, 36: 766-817.
  • Van Doorslaer, E., Wagstaff, A.  and Rutten, F.,  (eds.) 1993.  Equity in the Finance and Delivery of Health Care: An International Perspective,  London: Oxford University Press.
  • Whitehead, M., 1990.  The concepts and principles of equity and health, Copenhagen: WHO, Regional Office for Europe. 
  • World Bank, 2001.  World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty, Oxford University Press.
  • World Bank, 1994. Better Health in Africa: Experience and Lessons Learned. (World Bank Development in Practice Series)

 

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