Achieving the Millennium Development Goals : The Role of Infrastructure

The authors provide an empirical analysis of the determinants of three child-health outcomes related to the Millennium Development Goals: the infant mortality rate, the child mortality rate, and the prevalence of malnutrition. Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, they go beyond traditional cross-country regressions by exploiting the variability in outcomes and explanatory variables observed within countries between asset quintiles. The authors show the relationships existing between the prevalence of diseases (diarrhea and malnutrition) and mortality. Their findings suggest that apart from traditional variables (income, assets, education, and direct health interventions), better access to basic infrastructure services has an important role in improving child health outcomes. Their analysis of interaction effects between interventions also suggests the importance of combining interventions to meet the Millennium Development Goals.

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Main Authors:	Leipziger, Danny, Fay, Marianne, Wodon, Quentin, Yepes, Tito
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2003-11
Subjects:	AIR, AIR POLLUTION, ANTENATAL CARE, ARI, BASIC NEEDS, BASIC SERVICES, BIRTHS, BURNS, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES, CHILD MALNUTRITION, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATES, CLEAN WATER, CLINICS, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, DIARRHEA, DIARRHEAL DISEASES, DISEASES, DRINKING WATER, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC REVIEW, ECONOMICS, ECONOMISTS, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILY PLANNING, GIRLS, GOOD SANITATION, HAND WASHING, HANDS WITH SOAP, HANDWASHING, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PROGRAMS, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HOUSEHOLDS, HYGIENE, HYGIENE PRACTICES, ILLITERACY, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFECTION, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INTERVENTION, LOW INCOME, MALARIA, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH, MEASLES, MEDICAL ATTENTION, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY RATES, MOTHERS, MOTIVATION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, PARASITIC DISEASES, PARTNERSHIP, POLICY RESEARCH, POLLUTION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION, PRIVATE SECTOR, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, RURAL AREAS, SANITATION, SCHOOLS, SOAP, SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORT, UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN, VACCINATION, VACCINES, WATER,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2832485/achieving-millennium-development-goals-role-infrastructure https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17901
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