How Does the Health Sector Benefit from Trade Openness? Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa

Novignon, Jacob; Atakorah, Yaw Boateng; Djossou, Gbètoton Nadège Adèle

doi:10.1111/1467-8268.12319

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“…The analysis show that access to infrastructure is negatively and significantly correlated with child health outcomes. This finding is in line with existing literature as access to basic services like water, sanitation, roads, and electricity are critical for better health outcomes (Gunther, Gunther, & Hill, 2011; Novignon, Atakorah, & Djossou, 2018). The elasticity ranged from −0.1 to −0.6, showing that access to infrastructure is a key factor in reducing deaths among children below 5 years.…”

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Health care expenditure and health outcomes in sub‐Saharan African countries

Chireshe

Ocran

2020

African Development Review

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This paper studies the effect of health care expenditure on health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using data from 1995 to 2018 for 45 countries. It uses fixed effects and generalized methods of moments estimation approaches for the analysis. The paper measures health care expenditure using three proxies: namely, total health care expenditure per capita, public health care expenditure to gross domestic product (GDP), and private health care expenditure to total health expenditure. Health outcomes are measured by child health outcomes (under-5 mortality rate) and life expectancy. The results show that increase in health care expenditure as measured by total health care expenditure per capita and public health care expenditure to GDP leads to decline in under-5 mortality rates. The results also show that total health care expenditure per capita leads to an increase in life expectancy. The study therefore recommends that governments in SSA increase budget allocations towards the health care sector to achieve better health outcomes.

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Health care expenditure and health outcomes in sub‐Saharan African countries

Chireshe

Ocran

2020

African Development Review

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“…Additionally, in developing countries trade openness linked with low infant mortality rates and average life expectancy (Owen & Wu, 2002). Furthermore, trade frankness has an important association with life expectancy (LE), health financing, the negative and major connection between trade openness and infant mortality rate (Novignon & Atakorah, 2016).…”

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Determinants of health expenditure from global perspective: A panel data analysis

Awais¹,

Khan²,

Ahmad³

2021

Lib. Arts Soc. Sci. Int. J.

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A prominent enhancement in health expenditure is a severe apprehension for the whole world because of the increasing cost of health. Consideration of various aspects that are playing role in the increase of health expenditure need to be considered. Health is one of the significant parts of the world, therefore, improvement in health status has become the main objective of the nations and a top leading goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The main goal of the present study is to investigate the worldwide, and income-based categorized countries (developed, developing, and transitional countries) macroeconomic determinants of health expenditure. The aim is to estimate the health expenditures, and its impact on demographic, economic, and environmental determinants. For the empirical analysis, the data was retrieved from the World Bank, covering the time span 2000-2016 for developed, developing, and transitional countries. The results of the study concluded that macroeconomic variables significantly affect health expenditures. Moreover, personal remittances have a dual effect on health expenditure, i.e. a positive impact on transitional economies, while a negative impact on developing economies. In the same way, CO2 emission has a negative impact on worldwide, developed countries.

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“…Lastly, inspired by the recent study of Novignon et al . (), we also employ the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) to control the endogeneity problem. This is because the traditional fixed and random effects estimators are unable to address the mentioned issue.…”

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Terrorism and its Determinants in the Sub‐Saharan Africa Region: Some New Insights

Tahir¹,

Afzal²,

Afridi³

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African Development Review

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Terrorism is undesirable as it adversely affects the economic development of countries. This study explores the determinants of terrorism in 29 countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The data is extracted from reliable sources spanning over 2005 to 2016. Econometric techniques relevant for panel data that control for unobserved heterogeneity (fixed effects) and endogeneity (generalized method of moment) are employed to estimate the specified models. The results indicated that low growth in per capita incomes along with political instability are the main driving forces responsible for terrorism. Similarly, military expenditures are influencing terrorism positively whereas corruption has impacted terrorism negatively in the SSA region. Further, the growth of both physical as well as human capital reduces terrorism. The paper suggests that the region should take appropriate steps for increasing income of the population, education and capital stock, along with ensuring political stability to eradicate terrorism from the region.

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How Does the Health Sector Benefit from Trade Openness? Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa

Cited by 28 publications

References 21 publications

Health care expenditure and health outcomes in sub‐Saharan African countries

Health care expenditure and health outcomes in sub‐Saharan African countries

Determinants of health expenditure from global perspective: A panel data analysis

Terrorism and its Determinants in the Sub‐Saharan Africa Region: Some New Insights

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