Socio-Economic Differences in Health, Nutrition, and Population Within
Developing Countries
Davidson R. Gwatkin, Shea Rutstein, Kiersten Johnson,
Eldaw Suliman, Adam Wagstaff, and Agbessi Amouzou
Disparities within developing countries contribute as much to global child
health inequalities as do disparities between the developing and developed
worlds. These disparities within countries are being exacerbated by
inequalities in basic health care, and they will not necessarily be reduced by
faster progress toward the Millennium Development Goals.
These are some of the many findings that emerge from 56 country reports are
produced through a joint effort of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
project and the World Bank. They are based on data drawn from 95 household DHS
surveys conducted between 1990 and 2005
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Monday, February 25, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
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MODERATED BY
Ruth Levine
Vice President and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
PRESENTED BY AUTHORS
Davidson R. Gwatkin
Consultant, Health, Nutrition, and Population, World Bank
Shea Rutstein
Technical Director, Demographic and Health Surveys Project
Adam Wagstaff
Lead Health Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
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