mortality (a presumed proxy for improvements in health services), concentrating on the countries that increased their health …, Rwanda, and Malawi, budget support did have a positive effect on health spending and, except for Rwanda, neonatal mortality …

differences in population age structure. In this paper, COVID-19 mortality rates are calculated for each age group by dividing the … number of COVID-19 deaths by the underlying population. The resulting age-mortality curves are flatter in countries with … lower incomes. In HICs, the COVID-19 mortality rate for those ages 70-79 is 12.6 times the rate for those ages 50-59. In …

on the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Using data from …-income countries from 1996 through 2015. Our results show that the effects of total foreign aid on maternal mortality are limited, but … reductions in maternal mortality. Given these targeted effects, it is important to channel more donor assistance to the promotion …

moments estimator to examine the effect of health aid and education aid on maternal mortality and primary school completion …

reduction that can be largely attributed to the substantial progress made in reducing child mortality worldwide. We also observe …