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Health domain of the ultra poor: an exploration

( S. Zaman; H. Rahman; R. Edgeworth / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2004)

This study, published by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), explores the health behaviours of, and types of health services used by, the poor in rural Bangladesh, including perceptions...

Influence of ill health on chronic and transient poverty: evidence from Uganda

( D. Lawson / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2004)

The paper from the Chronic Poverty Research Centre uses nationally representative household panel data to investigate if ill health is important in influencing poverty persistence and transitions in U...

The economic burden of illness for households: A review of cost of illness and coping strategy studies focusing on malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS

( S. Russell / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland , 2003)

This paper from the Project on Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (DCPP) reviews and summarise studies that have measured the economic costs and consequences of illness for patients an...

HIV/AIDS, poverty and growth: evidence from a household impact study conducted in the Free State province, South Africa

( F. le R. Booysen; M. Bachmann / Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford , 2002)

This paper from the Centre for Study of African Economies (CSAE) reports on a study to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on households. It finds that many affected households in South Africa rely heavily...

Poverty and HIV/AIDS: impact, coping and mitigation policy

( T. Barnett; A. Whiteside / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre , 2002)

This chapter, published in the UNICEF book “AIDS, public policy, and child well-being,” looks at the relations between poverty and HIV and AIDS. It finds that attempts to mitigate the impact of AIDS ...

The HIV/AIDS impact on the rural and urban economy

( G.A. Cornia; F. Zagonari / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre , 2002)

This chapter, from the UNICEF book "AIDS, Public Policy, and Child Well-being," assesses the impact of HIV and AIDS on the functioning of the economy, growth of gross domestic product (GDP), and growt...

The economic burden of malaria

( J.L. Gallup; J.D. Sachs / Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO , 2001)

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There is a strong link between malaria levels and a country’s economic growth, according to a research report from the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Macroeconomics and Health.

The re...

Pathways out of and into poverty in 36 villages of Andhra Pradesh, India

( A. Krishna / World Development , 2005)

This article, published in World Development, develops a Stages of Process methodology to analyse pathways in and out of poverty in Andhra Pradesh, India. It finds that fourteen percent of households ...