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Can Aid Improve People Health in Sub-Saharan African Countries?
Research in Economics and Management
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Can Aid Improve People Health in Sub-Saharan African Countries?
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Kébré, W. Jean Marie
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This paper analyzes the effects of aid on health of people in Sub-Saharan African Countries. Used as health indicators for infant mortality rate, crude mortality rate and HIV/AIDS prevalence rate, this analysis uses panel data for a sample of 43 countries over the period of 1990 to 2014. Through assessing the effect of aid on reducing mortality and HIV prevalence, the article examines a central issue with regard to the new global development agenda: Can we still promote health through increased aid? The results tend to show that aid significantly reduces crude mortality and infant mortality rates and HIV/AIDS prevalence rate. They do not validate the presence of decreasing marginal returns. However, the impact of aid on health indicators is not linear. This non-linearity suggests that aid is more effective in reducing mortality and HIV prevalence in relatively poorest countries and in those with relatively lower health expenditure. Thus, health promotion in sub-Saharan African countries through increased aid is possible.
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SCHOLINK INC.
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2018-03-21
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rem/article/view/1304
10.22158/rem.v3n2p91 |
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Research in Economics and Management; Vol 3, No 2 (2018); p91
2470-4393 2470-4407 |
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eng
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http://www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rem/article/view/1304/1468
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| Rights |
Copyright (c) 2018 W. Jean Marie Kébré
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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