mortality

Evidence from 37 low- and middle-income countries shows that cash transfer programmes were associated with a 20% reduction in mortality for adult women and an 8% reduction in mortality for children aged <5 years

Physical proximity to pathogen-free water sources reduces child and adult mortality

Ageing pipe systems and the absence of complementary sanitation investments compromise the health benefits of water disinfection

A year prematurely lost is as bad as a year spent in poverty. Aggregating these indices offers a more accurate insight into the progress of nations

Within-family inequalities in resource allocation can explain the disproportionately high mortality risk faced by older women in India

Being unmarried, especially through widowhood, can have substantial effects on relative rates of female mortality in the developing world