Recent studies in Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa and Ghana that considered both the public and private sectors have also indicated a pro-poor distribution of benefits for lower level public health units but a pro-rich distribution for higher level hospitals and private providers [ 19, 23, 29, 34].
If a curve lies above this line, it indicates a pro-poor utilization of institutional deliveries within the population, and if a curve lies below the line, it indicates a pro-rich utilization of the service.
While this indicates a desirable pro-poor emphasis, the trend towards increasing institutional deliveries nationally and throughout much of the continent necessitates a platform that works for all women, with stronger communication links to the facilities where women give birth and bring their newborns for care.
Countries such as India argue that in a pro-poor Doha round they need do little.
The two indicators related to breastfeeding displayed a pro-poor distribution of inequalities.
Our analysis reveals that from a pro-poor perspective, the performance of means-tested tariffs is mixed.
This suggests that a pro-poor approach is needed in designing programmes that lower the overall risk of these incidents.
Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was designed as a pro-poor strategy to create wider access to health care.
Another year, another rightwing coup against a pro-poor government in Latin America, this time in Paraguay.
Under Fidel Castro's tutelage, Chávez successfully cultivated a pro-poor, anti-American posture.
So, a pro-poor policy is one of free trade.
