Poverty and policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
"...Although the progress toward poverty reduction remains sluggish, other dimensions of social welfare in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region show signs of improvement. Adult literacy and s...
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Social Conditions, Poverty, Public Policy, Health Equity
Older Americans 2000: key indicators of well-being
This new interagency report, Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of well being (Older Americans) provides a unified picture of the health and well being of older population. This publication provides...
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Demographic Indicators, Health of the Elderly, Behaviors, Population well-being, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions
Racial and ethnic disparities in access to health insurance and Health Care
Racial and ethnic groups in the United States continue to experience major differences in health status compared to the majority white population. Although many factors affect health status, the lack ...
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Ethnicity, Health Status, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
Child care patterns of school-age children with employed mothers
This report investigates the different types of child care arrangements, including unsupervised "self-care," that families with working mothers use for their school-age children. Specifically, we exam...
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Child Care, Ethnicity, Woman, Working, Racial Stocks, eincomeincome, Equity, Living Conditions
Costa Rica: A pension reform strategy
This publication describes the present pension system, its shortcomings, and defends the need for urgent reform. It also makes recommendations on how to reform the system, what should be changed firs...
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Explaining trends in inequities: evidence from Brazilian child health studies
The hypothesis suggests that good quality public-health programmes for improving child health are more available and being utilised by those families who need them least. The hypothesis also predicts ...
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Child Health, Public Health, Equity, Quality Health Care, onditionditionditiondition, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
Pan American Journal of Public Health
The special issue provides an up-to-date analysis of how countries in the Region of the Americas are changing their health care systems in order to promote more effective health services and more equi...
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Delivery of Health Care, Public Health, Health Care Reform, Electronic Journals, Analysis, Advocacy
Social capital and poverty
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There is growing empirical evidence that social capital contributes significantly to sustainable development. Sustainability is to leave future generations as many, or more, opportunities as we ou...
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Poverty, Social Conditions, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions
Corruption and the provision of health care and education services
The theoretical literature identifies three channels through which this can happen. (Au)The results have four important policy implications in light of the dominant role played by governments in the p...
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Health Services, Economy, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util, Advocacy
Health promoting bridging the equity gap
A World Health Organization (WHO) publication of approximately 15 case studies from developing countries illustrating practical initiatives and interventions that have been shown to improve the lives ...
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