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 …

mortality are important determinants of fertility decline, while per-capita GDP has probably worked in the opposite direction …This paper studies the dynamics of fertility in 180 countries in the period 1950ñ 2015 and investigates the … determinants of the onset of fertility transitions. The application of Phillips and Sulís (2007) test to fertility rates provides …