We examine the impact of World Bank structural adjustment and health lending on child mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 to 2005. We use two-way fixed effects regression models to analyze data for a sample of thirty-one Sub-Saharan African nations. We find that when a Sub-Saharan African nation receives a World Bank structural adjustment loan then it tends to have higher levels of child mortality than when it does not receive such a loan. Conversely, we find that when a Sub-Saharan African nations receives a World Bank investment loan in the health sector then it tends to have lower levels of child mortality than it if does not receive an investment health loan. We conclude by talking about the theoretical implications, methodological implications, policy suggestions, limitations of the study, and possible avenues for future research.
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September 01 2015
The World Bank and Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-National Analysis of Structural Adjustment and Health Lending
Carolyn Coburn,
Carolyn Coburn
State University of New York at Stony Brook, State University of New York at Geneseo, State University of New York at Stony Brook Email: Carolyn.Coburn@Stonybrook.edu, Email: Restivom@Geneseo.edu, Email: John.Shandra@Stonybrook.edu
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Michael Restivo,
Michael Restivo
State University of New York at Stony Brook, State University of New York at Geneseo, State University of New York at Stony Brook Email: Carolyn.Coburn@Stonybrook.edu, Email: Restivom@Geneseo.edu, Email: John.Shandra@Stonybrook.edu
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John M. Shandra
John M. Shandra
State University of New York at Stony Brook, State University of New York at Geneseo, State University of New York at Stony Brook Email: Carolyn.Coburn@Stonybrook.edu, Email: Restivom@Geneseo.edu, Email: John.Shandra@Stonybrook.edu
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Sociology of Development (2015) 1 (3): 348–373.
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Carolyn Coburn, Michael Restivo, John M. Shandra; The World Bank and Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-National Analysis of Structural Adjustment and Health Lending. Sociology of Development 1 September 2015; 1 (3): 348–373. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/sod.2015.1.3.348
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