Unless people's vulnerability is systematically addressed, progress will not be equitable or sustainable, said the head of the UNDP, Helen Clark.
It appears that the Australian hospital system may not be equitable since equal need did not equate to equal utilisation.
Moreover, equity in access to healthcare is fundamental to the economists' definition, otherwise it might not be equitable.
Namibia has experienced sustained economic growth since gaining independence in 1990, which has placed the country into the category of upper-middle income countries', but this growth has not been equitable – making the country one of the most unequal in the world.
However, such a simple division may not be equitable, since countries vary widely in the extent to which a population purchases medicines in the public or private sector, and private sector customers are not necessarily wealthier than those who rely on the public sector.
"Relying on councils to plug the gap in social care funding won't be equitable or effective because of the inverse social care law that councils that have the greatest need for publicly funded social care are least able to meet it [because their council tax bases are so low].
Section 10(2) of the Act specifies that property shall be regarded as belonging to any person — :(a) having the custody or control of it; :(b) having in it any proprietary right or interest (not being an equitable interest arising only from an agreement to transfer or grant an interest); or :(c) having a charge on it.
Second, given that the PL and CHW interventions were designed to offer different treatment intensity levels, comparing the two interventions may not have been equitable.
"If someone is restricting the use of products based on cost," Dr. Carter said, "it will not be an equitable restriction".
A payoff that is not efficient cannot be equitable, given that the player is giving a lower payoff to the opposing player without any benefit to herself.
