Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa

For health outcomes, is poverty destiny? The authors explore this question for life expectancy in Africa, where health outcomes are positively correlated with income, but where the link is far from uniform. The key variables associated with good he...

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Main Authors:	McCarthy, F. Desmond, Wolf, Holger
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	BLINDNESS CLEAN WATER COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY PERFORMANCE COUNTRY SIZE CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DEBT DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DIVIDENDS DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES GNP HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH DETERMINANTS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL BEDS ILLITERACY IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME SHARE INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE LABOR DEMAND LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMICS MALNUTRITION MEASLES MEDIAN INCOME MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MEDICINES MILITARY EXPENDITURES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLIO POLLUTION POOR COUNTRIES POOR GROWTH POPULATION SHARE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SERVICE DELIVERY STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1561504/comparative-life-expectancy-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19558

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