Inequalities in health in developing countries - swimming against the tide?
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Health Systems Development&Reform; Economic Theory&Research; Public Health Promotion; Early Child and Children's Health; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Inequality; Health Systems Development&Reform; Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems; Regional Rural Development;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LTV-2003-06-04 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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