Are democratic governments good for public health? The impact of political regime on disease-specific mortality from 1962-2002 • Brian Chin, University of Pennsylvania ; Hiroaki Matsuura, Harvard University

Targeting the poor by voluntary participation: evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India • Nicolas Gravel, GREQAM ; Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute

Potential role of health insurance in health care utilization in India: an empirical study with special reference to social health insurance • Avishek Hazra, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Subrata Lahiri, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Legacy and policy in fertility transition: a comparative study of Indonesia and Nigeria • Geoffrey McNicoll, Population Council