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Measuring inequalities in the distribution of health workers: the case of Tanzania
Measuring inequalities in the distribution of health workers: the case of TanzaniaJournal Article | Jan 2009
The overall human resource shortages and the distributional inequalities in the health workforce in many developing countries are well acknowledged. However, ...
Strong regional inequalities in health service delivery in Angola
Strong regional inequalities in health service delivery in AngolaAngola Brief | Jun 2011
A statistical survey of health facilities and households in Luanda and Uíge has confirmed that strong inequalities persist between provinces in ...
Angola
Fair distribution of health
Project | Aug 2006 - Mar 2007
A central question in the allocation of scarce resource for health is how to balance the desire to achieve the maximal aggregate health benefit against ...
Health inequalities in Ethiopia: modeling inequalities in length of life within and between population groups
Health inequalities in Ethiopia: modeling inequalities in length of life within and between population groupsJournal Article | Aug 2013
Background and objectives
Most studies on health inequalities use average measures, but describing the distribution of health can also provide valuable ...
Ethiopia, Justice, Health inequality, Inequality in length of life, Priority setting, Inequality measurement, Gini
The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America: Decades of Change
The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America: Decades of ChangeEdited Book | Jan 2018
This edited volume examines how economic processes have worked upon social lives and social realities in Latin America during the past decades. Through ...
Inequality in Angola
Project | Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
Inequality in Angola is high with a Gini index of 0.55. The 20% of the population with the highest incomes receive 59% of all incomes, whilst the poorest ...
Angola
Exploring the relationship between socio-economic inequality, political instability and economic growth Why do we know so little?
Exploring the relationship between socio-economic inequality, political instability and economic growth Why do we know so little?CMI Working Paper | Feb 2012
The hypothesis that socio-economic inequality has a detrimental effect on economic growth by breeding political instability has been subject to empirical ...
Socio-economic inequality, Political instability, Economic growth, Investment, Gini variable, Diverging empirical findings, Methodological robustness, Measurement differences
Political polarisation, colonial inequalities and the crisis of modernity in Venezuela
Book Chapter | Jan 2018
Political polarisation, colonial inequalities and the crisis of modernity in Venezuela Iselin Åsedot
Venezuela
Understanding Inequalities in Child Health in Ethiopia: Health Achievements Are Improving in the Period 2000– 2011
Understanding Inequalities in Child Health in Ethiopia: Health Achievements Are Improving in the Period 2000– 2011Journal Article | Sep 2014
Objective: In Ethiopia, coverage of key health services is low, and community based services have been implemented to improve access to key services. ...
Ethiopia
Relocating the Responsibility Cut: Should more Responsibility Imply Less Redistribution
Journal Article | Jan 2006
Liberal egalitarian theories of justice argue that inequalities arising from non-responsibility factors should be eliminated, but that inequalities arising ...
Coming of age in the penal system: Neoliberalism, ‘mano dura’ and the reproduction of ‘racialized’ inequalities in Honduras
Book Chapter | Jan 2018
Coming of age in the penal system: Neoliberalism, ‘mano dura’ and the reproduction of ‘racialized’ i
Fairness and the development of inequality acceptance
Fairness and the development of inequality acceptanceJournal Article | Dec 2010
Fairness considerations fundamentally affect human behavior, but our understanding of the nature and development of people’s fairness preferences ...
Shades of dignity: exploring the demands of equality in applying human rights frameworks to health
Journal Article | Jan 2009
The foundational principle of human rights is that all human beings are equal in rights, dignity, and worth. Yet we live in a world ravaged by social ...
Mobility, Entitlement and Perceptions of Inequality
Mobility, Entitlement and Perceptions of InequalityCMI Working Paper | Feb 2017
This paper proposes a model how individuals form beliefs on inequality based on their own and their family’s experience. A person’s income ...
inequality, income, family, effort, mobility, entitlement, Chhattisgarh, India
Does the Colombian constitutional court undermine the health system?
Does the Colombian constitutional court undermine the health system?CMI Brief | Sep 2011
Is right-to-health litigation a suitable strategy for advancing the right to health, or does it reinforce inequalities and undermine health authorities in ...
Colombia
The Constitution of Inequality: Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860
Journal Article | Jan 2005
The Constitution of Inequality: Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860 Roberto Gargarella Int
Maoist control and level of civil conflict in Nepal
Maoist control and level of civil conflict in NepalJournal Article | Aug 2010
Was the Maoist influence during the insurgency in Nepal stronger in districts with high rates of poverty and inequality? In contrast to previous studies ...
Nepal
Structural Adjustment: the Policy Roots of Economic Crisis, Poverty and Inequality
Book Review | Jan 2006
Structural Adjustment: the Policy Roots of Economic Crisis, Poverty and Inequality Siegfried Pause
Explaining Maoist control and level of civil conflict in Nepal
Explaining Maoist control and level of civil conflict in NepalCMI Working Paper | Oct 2009
Does poverty or inequality explain the Maoist insurgency in Nepal? In contrast to previous studies we limit the analysis to the hill/mountain districts ...
Civil war, Data issues, Nepal, Classification-JEL: D74, I32
Growth and ethnic inequality. Malaysia's new economic policy
Book | Jan 2003
Growth and ethnic inequality. Malaysia's new economic policy Just Faaland, Jack Parkinson and Rais
Asia: Malaysia