programs whose aim is to eliminate market constraints predominate those that can be achieved through interpersonal income …

years in the pages of F&D looks at the important links between health and economic progress. Articles range over a variety … of topics, from the Millennium Development Goals and their health-related targets for 2015 to the economics of tobacco … property aspects of health care …

The health of the population in Guinea is also one of the determinants of poverty, owing to its impact on the ability … administrative region. In terms of the poverty level of households, consultation rates among households in the first and second … average. Health sector financing remains weak. …

alleviate poverty and reduce income inequality over time. … describes the main features of poverty in Namibia and assesses the appropriateness of current as well as potential policies to …

This paper presents an overview of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (NPRSP) for Guinea-Bissau. The paper … discusses the phenomenon of poverty, its dimensions, extent, and distribution by category and region. It provides a background … analysis of developments in poverty based on the diagnostic of past economic policies. The paper presents the priority goals in …

The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank … Development. This year's report details, for the first time, progress toward the WBG's twin goals of ending extreme poverty by … report includes information about high-income countries. It finds that while gaps in living standards have been closing in …