Poverty Reduction : Does Reproductive Health Matter?

Funding for the reproductive health agenda agreed at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development has fallen short of estimated requirements. In the changed funding environment, stronger evidence on the links between reproductive...

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Main Authors: Greene, Margaret E., Merrick, Thomas
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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topic ABORTION
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ADOLESCENT
ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY
ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
ADULT MORTALITY
ADVERSE EFFECTS
ADVERSE HEALTH
AGE
AGING
AIDS
ANALYSIS
ANNUAL INCOME
ASSET INDEX
AVERAGE CONSUMPTION
BIRTH
BIRTHS
BOYS
BUDGETARY SUPPORT
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAUSAL LINKAGES
CAUSAL LINKS
CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS
CHILD BEARING
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILDREN
CONSUMPTION
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION POVERTY
CONTRACEPTION
CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
CONTRACEPTIVE USE
COST OF TREATMENT
CRIME
DEBT
DEBT RELIEF
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
DISASTERS
EARLY CHILDBEARING
EARLY PREGNANCY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CHANGE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFECTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES
ECONOMISTS
EDUCATION
EFFECTS
EFFICIENCY
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
ESCAPE POVERTY
EXTREME POVERTY
FAMILIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY WELFARE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
GIRLS
GOODS
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH ISSUES
HEALTH NEEDS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROBLEM
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
ILL HEALTH
INCOME
INDICATORS
INDIVIDUAL AUTHOR
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFORMATION
INJURIES
INPUTS
INSURANCE
INTEREST
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION
INVESTMENT
INVESTMENTS
KNOWLEDGE
LABOR
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LAND
LIVING STANDARDS
LONG TERM
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MEASUREMENT
MEDICAL COSTS
MODELS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RISKS
MOTHERS
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL LEVELS
NATIONAL RESEARCH
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEED
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS
OPTIONS
ORGANIZATIONS
PARENTS
PER-CAPITA INCOME
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION SIZE
POVERTY
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREVENTION
PRICES
PRODUCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROJECTS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIO
REDUCING POVERTY
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH APPROACH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS
RESEARCH
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RETIREMENT
RISK
RISKS
SAFE ABORTION
SAFE DELIVERY
SAFE SEX
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
SIBLINGS
SOCIAL CONTEXT
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
SOCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL SERVICES
STANDARDS
STRATEGY
SUPPLY
TAKING
TRADE
UNINTENDED PREGNANCY
UNSAFE ABORTION
UNWANTED PREGNANCIES
USE OF HEALTH SERVICES
VALUE
VALUES
VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
WAGES
WOMEN
WORKERS
YOUNG ADULT
YOUNGER SIBLINGS
YOUTH
spellingShingle ABORTION
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ADOLESCENT
ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY
ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
ADULT MORTALITY
ADVERSE EFFECTS
ADVERSE HEALTH
AGE
AGING
AIDS
ANALYSIS
ANNUAL INCOME
ASSET INDEX
AVERAGE CONSUMPTION
BIRTH
BIRTHS
BOYS
BUDGETARY SUPPORT
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAUSAL LINKAGES
CAUSAL LINKS
CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS
CHILD BEARING
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILDREN
CONSUMPTION
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION POVERTY
CONTRACEPTION
CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
CONTRACEPTIVE USE
COST OF TREATMENT
CRIME
DEBT
DEBT RELIEF
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
DISASTERS
EARLY CHILDBEARING
EARLY PREGNANCY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CHANGE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFECTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES
ECONOMISTS
EDUCATION
EFFECTS
EFFICIENCY
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
ESCAPE POVERTY
EXTREME POVERTY
FAMILIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY WELFARE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
GIRLS
GOODS
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH ISSUES
HEALTH NEEDS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROBLEM
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
ILL HEALTH
INCOME
INDICATORS
INDIVIDUAL AUTHOR
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFORMATION
INJURIES
INPUTS
INSURANCE
INTEREST
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION
INVESTMENT
INVESTMENTS
KNOWLEDGE
LABOR
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LAND
LIVING STANDARDS
LONG TERM
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MEASUREMENT
MEDICAL COSTS
MODELS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RISKS
MOTHERS
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL LEVELS
NATIONAL RESEARCH
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEED
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS
OPTIONS
ORGANIZATIONS
PARENTS
PER-CAPITA INCOME
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION SIZE
POVERTY
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREVENTION
PRICES
PRODUCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROJECTS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIO
REDUCING POVERTY
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH APPROACH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS
RESEARCH
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RETIREMENT
RISK
RISKS
SAFE ABORTION
SAFE DELIVERY
SAFE SEX
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
SIBLINGS
SOCIAL CONTEXT
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
SOCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL SERVICES
STANDARDS
STRATEGY
SUPPLY
TAKING
TRADE
UNINTENDED PREGNANCY
UNSAFE ABORTION
UNWANTED PREGNANCIES
USE OF HEALTH SERVICES
VALUE
VALUES
VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
WAGES
WOMEN
WORKERS
YOUNG ADULT
YOUNGER SIBLINGS
YOUTH
Greene, Margaret E.
Merrick, Thomas
Poverty Reduction : Does Reproductive Health Matter?
relation HNP Discussion paper;
description Funding for the reproductive health agenda agreed at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development has fallen short of estimated requirements. In the changed funding environment, stronger evidence on the links between reproductive health and poverty reduction is needed. This paper reviews the evidence base on three reproductive health outcomes: early childbearing, maternal survival, and unintended pregnancy. Building on the "capacities" approach to poverty assessment advocated by Amartya Sen, this evidence is organized in a framework that includes health and education outcomes for mothers and children, as well as household consumption, and production effects. Generally speaking, the evidence on health effects is strongest, household well-being weakest, and education in between. Causal relationships are difficult to establish because reproductive health outcomes and other household-level explanatory variables are influenced by each other. An important finding is that relationships are context specific and that one cannot look at individual characteristics without reference to contextual variables. One reason why much existing research has not effectively addressed the effects of poor reproductive health on poverty is that studies have relied on survey data for a single point in time. Longitudinal surveys offer greater promise. Rather than propose new surveys, initial research could work with existing data resources. Research should focus on a country or countries where 1) there has been social and economic change over time, 2) rich-poor differences in reproductive health outcomes persist, and, 3) obtaining and working with promising datasets is feasible. Pursuit of causal relationships between poor reproductive health outcomes and poverty should not paralyze efforts to make better use of existing country-level evidence in Poverty Reduction Strategies and other documents that guide resource allocation.
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author Greene, Margaret E.
Merrick, Thomas
author_facet Greene, Margaret E.
Merrick, Thomas
author_sort Greene, Margaret E.
title Poverty Reduction : Does Reproductive Health Matter?
title_short Poverty Reduction : Does Reproductive Health Matter?
title_full Poverty Reduction : Does Reproductive Health Matter?
title_fullStr Poverty Reduction : Does Reproductive Health Matter?
title_full_unstemmed Poverty Reduction : Does Reproductive Health Matter?
title_sort poverty reduction : does reproductive health matter?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6239221/poverty-reduction-reproductive-health-matter
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13722
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spelling okr-10986-137222021-04-23T14:03:09Z Poverty Reduction : Does Reproductive Health Matter? Greene, Margaret E. Merrick, Thomas ABORTION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ADULT MORTALITY ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE HEALTH AGE AGING AIDS ANALYSIS ANNUAL INCOME ASSET INDEX AVERAGE CONSUMPTION BIRTH BIRTHS BOYS BUDGETARY SUPPORT CAPITAL FORMATION CAUSAL LINKAGES CAUSAL LINKS CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS CHILD BEARING CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDREN CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION POVERTY CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVE USE COST OF TREATMENT CRIME DEBT DEBT RELIEF DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DISASTERS EARLY CHILDBEARING EARLY PREGNANCY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMICS ECONOMIES ECONOMISTS EDUCATION EFFECTS EFFICIENCY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ESCAPE POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY WELFARE FINANCIAL SUPPORT GIRLS GOODS GROWTH RATE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS ILL HEALTH INCOME INDICATORS INDIVIDUAL AUTHOR INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION INJURIES INPUTS INSURANCE INTEREST INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT INVESTMENTS KNOWLEDGE LABOR LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LAND LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM MALARIA MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEASUREMENT MEDICAL COSTS MODELS MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RISKS MOTHERS NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL RESEARCH NATURAL RESOURCES NEED NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS OPTIONS ORGANIZATIONS PARENTS PER-CAPITA INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SIZE POVERTY POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREVENTION PRICES PRODUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PROJECTS PUBLIC HEALTH RADIO REDUCING POVERTY RELATIVE IMPORTANCE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH APPROACH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS REPRODUCTIVE TRACT REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS RESEARCH RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETIREMENT RISK RISKS SAFE ABORTION SAFE DELIVERY SAFE SEX SAFETY SAVINGS SERVICE DELIVERY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SIBLINGS SOCIAL CONTEXT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL SERVICES STANDARDS STRATEGY SUPPLY TAKING TRADE UNINTENDED PREGNANCY UNSAFE ABORTION UNWANTED PREGNANCIES USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VALUE VALUES VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAGES WOMEN WORKERS YOUNG ADULT YOUNGER SIBLINGS YOUTH Funding for the reproductive health agenda agreed at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development has fallen short of estimated requirements. In the changed funding environment, stronger evidence on the links between reproductive health and poverty reduction is needed. This paper reviews the evidence base on three reproductive health outcomes: early childbearing, maternal survival, and unintended pregnancy. Building on the "capacities" approach to poverty assessment advocated by Amartya Sen, this evidence is organized in a framework that includes health and education outcomes for mothers and children, as well as household consumption, and production effects. Generally speaking, the evidence on health effects is strongest, household well-being weakest, and education in between. Causal relationships are difficult to establish because reproductive health outcomes and other household-level explanatory variables are influenced by each other. An important finding is that relationships are context specific and that one cannot look at individual characteristics without reference to contextual variables. One reason why much existing research has not effectively addressed the effects of poor reproductive health on poverty is that studies have relied on survey data for a single point in time. Longitudinal surveys offer greater promise. Rather than propose new surveys, initial research could work with existing data resources. Research should focus on a country or countries where 1) there has been social and economic change over time, 2) rich-poor differences in reproductive health outcomes persist, and, 3) obtaining and working with promising datasets is feasible. Pursuit of causal relationships between poor reproductive health outcomes and poverty should not paralyze efforts to make better use of existing country-level evidence in Poverty Reduction Strategies and other documents that guide resource allocation. 2013-05-30T19:41:19Z 2013-05-30T19:41:19Z 2005-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6239221/poverty-reduction-reproductive-health-matter http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13722 English en_US HNP Discussion paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper