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Health Aid and Health Improvement in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Accounting for the Heterogeneity Between Stable States and Post‐Conflict States
Author(s) -
Yogo Urbain Thierry,
Mallaye Douzounet
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3034
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , sample (material) , health spending , development economics , demographic economics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , economic growth , economics , political science , medicine , psychology , health care , health insurance , chemistry , mathematics education , family medicine , chromatography
Using a sample of 34 sub‐Saharan African countries over the period 1990–2012, this paper reveals that health aid helps to improve health outcomes in sub‐Saharan African countries. More specifically, for each additional unit of health aid, the prevalence of HIV decreases by 8.3% and child mortality decreases by 64% over 4 years. This effect operates mainly through the improvement of female education and the increase in health spending. Furthermore, the results do not support the hypothesis of a significant difference between post‐conflict states and stable states in terms of aid effectiveness. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.