Over the past 20 years, investment in human resources has taken center stage in the study
of developing economies. A voluminous set of wage function estimates provides the basis …

Attention to the sustainability of health intervention programs both in the US and abroad is
increasing, but little consensus exists on the conceptual and operational definitions of …

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

Over the past 15 years, the availability of cheap and convenient microcomputers has
changed the collection methods and analysis of household survey data in developing …

Evidence suggests that demand-side barriers may be as important as supply factors in
deterring patients from obtaining treatment. Yet relatively little attention is given, either by …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews recent advances in the empirical literature on the
role that households and families play in investing in human resources. It describes the …

Effective health care interventions are underutilized in the developing world, and income-
related disparities in use are large. The evidence concerning this access problem is …

Publisher Summary The structure, efficiency, and growth of production affect (and are
affected by) the distribution of consumption. Poverty analysis has three tasks:(1) to define …

Health care is a basic service essential in any effort to combat poverty, and is often
subsidized with public funds to help achieve that aim. This paper examines public spending …

Abstract Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure on health care has significant implications for
poverty in many developing countries. This paper aims to assess the differential impact of …