Date of Award

6-1-2014

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Organizational Unit

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

First Advisor

Yavuz Yasar, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Chiara Piovani

Third Advisor

Markus Schneider

Fourth Advisor

Paul Sutton

Keywords

Child mortality, Empirical, Foreign aid, Health, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the effectiveness of foreign aid for health on the child mortality rate in developing countries. This is a controversial subject as many economists have found grounds to believe it is effective while others provide rationale for why it is ineffective. Based on panel data analysis, this study looks at the effects of external resources for health as a percentage of health spending on the child mortality rate in developing countries to determine how effective aid for health is in terms of improving health outcomes. With an understanding of the current nature of aid and previous empirical research on this topic, this paper will highlight what has been done and what still needs to be improved in future research in order to answer this important question.

Publication Statement

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Rights Holder

Leah R. Burfeind

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

en

File Size

70 p.

Discipline

Economics, Health care management, Public policy

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