The African Development Bank, Structural Adjustment, and Child Mortality: A Cross-National Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren E. Pandolfelli ◽  
John M. Shandra
Keyword(s):  
Child Mortality ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
African Development ◽  
African Development Bank ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National

The African Development Bank, Organized Hypocrisy, and Maternal Mortality

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie M. Sommer ◽  
John M. Shandra ◽  
Michael Restivo ◽  
Holly E. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Bank Lending ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
African Development ◽  
African Development Bank ◽  
Sub Saharan

We draw on the theory of organized hypocrisy and examine how different forms of lending by the African Development Bank affect maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. We do so by using a two-way fixed effects model for a sample of 33 Sub-Saharan African nations from 1990 to 2010. We find that the bank's structural adjustment lending in the health sector is associated with increased maternal mortality, and its reproductive health investment lending is associated with decreased maternal mortality, consistent with the organized hypocrisy approach. These findings remain stable and consistent even when controlling for World Bank lending and other relevant control variables. We conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for global health and development.

scholarly journals The impacts of retention, expenditures, and class size on primary school completion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Richard Ruff
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Negative Contribution ◽  
School Completion ◽  
Free Primary Education ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Expenditure Increase ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National

Education in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly viewed as a means of emancipation, acting as a transformative project for social mobility. Developing nations have subsequently pursued policies designed to increase access to education and improve upon student outcomes, such as universal or free primary education. In this study, direct and indirect precursors to primary school completion in Sub-Saharan Africa are considered using cross-national data collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Path analysis results show that imbalanced pupil-teacher ratios and high student retention rates are negatively associated with primary school completion. Additionally, the positive relationship between expenditure increase and completion rates is mediated by a negative contribution to pupil-teacher ratios. Results are compared with existing production function research on varied educational inputs and student success.

The World Bank and Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Coburn ◽  
Michael Restivo ◽  
John M. Shandra
Keyword(s):  
Child Mortality ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Fixed Effects Regression ◽  
The Impact

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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