Economic reform programs designed by the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank—so-called 'structural adjustment programs'—have formed one of the most influential …

Structural adjustment programmes of international financial institutions have typically set the
fiscal parameters within which health policies operate in developing countries. Yet, we …

Among the many drivers of health inequities, this article focuses on important, yet
insufficiently understood, international-level determinants: economic globalization and the …

The Group of Eight Countries (G8) launched the New Alliance for Food Security and
Nutrition to improve nutritional outcomes through private sector involvement in agricultural …

Parental education is located at the center of global efforts to improve child health. In a
developing-country context, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plays a crucial role in …

The central task of any critical social science is speaking truth about power. After a brief
review of 'glass half full'and 'glass half empty'perspectives on recent developments in global …

The major threat to human societies posed by undernutrition has been recognised for
millennia. Despite substantial economic development and scientific innovation, however …

While efforts have been made to increase maternal health care (MHC) utilization and
decrease neonatal mortality in Tanzania, much remains to be known about the effect of …

We examine the impact of access to an improved water source and sanitation facility on
maternal and neo-natal mortality. We analyze data from a sample of 32 Sub-Saharan African …

Background/Objectives: The impact of government health spending and external debt on
maternal mortality has been the subject of ongoing theoretical and empirical discussions …