This paper discusses the concepts and meas ures of chronic poverty and the available evidence in relation to chronic and transient poverty. Most evidence is based on panel data and monetary concepts of poverty, and this paper argues that it will be important in future work to consider a wider...

"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...