 Impact of development aid on infant mortality: Micro‐level evidence from Côte d'IvoireDidier Wayoro and Léonce Ndikumana African Development Review, 2020, vol. 32, issue 3, 432-445 Abstract: The empirical literature has failed to reach consensus on the impact of aid on development outcomes based on aggregate cross‐country analysis. This study follows the current trend in the literature on the effectiveness of aid to examine the impact of local‐level aid on health outcomes. It combines data on the World Bank's geo‐located aid projects with three rounds of Demographic Health Surveys from Côte d'Ivoire and uses difference‐in‐difference estimation techniques to explore the effects of aid on infant mortality. The results show that proximity to development aid projects is associated with reduced infant mortality. The results hold whether we consider proximity to any aid project or specifically water and sanitation projects. They are also robust to inclusion of mother fixed effects in the model. The evidence suggests that access to prenatal and postnatal healthcare are possible mechanisms through which aid may have negative effects on infant mortality. Date: 2020 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:afrdev:v:32:y:2020:i:3:p:432-445 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article African Development Review is currently edited by John C. Anyanwu, Hassan Aly and Kupukile Mlambo More articles in African Development Review from African Development Bank Contact information at EDIRC. |
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