Achieving the Millennium Development Goals : The Role of Infrastructure
The authors provide an empirical analysis of the determinants of three child-health outcomes related to the Millennium Development Goals: the infant mortality rate, the child mortality rate, and the prevalence of malnutrition. Using data from Demog...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2832485/achieving-millennium-development-goals-role-infrastructure http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17901 |
| Summary: | The authors provide an empirical
analysis of the determinants of three child-health outcomes
related to the Millennium Development Goals: the infant
mortality rate, the child mortality rate, and the prevalence
of malnutrition. Using data from Demographic and Health
Surveys, they go beyond traditional cross-country
regressions by exploiting the variability in outcomes and
explanatory variables observed within countries between
asset quintiles. The authors show the relationships existing
between the prevalence of diseases (diarrhea and
malnutrition) and mortality. Their findings suggest that
apart from traditional variables (income, assets, education,
and direct health interventions), better access to basic
infrastructure services has an important role in improving
child health outcomes. Their analysis of interaction effects
between interventions also suggests the importance of
combining interventions to meet the Millennium Development Goals. |
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