The impact of governance quality on mortality rates in Sub Saharan Africa

Q3 Social Sciences

Etude de la Population Africaine Pub Date : 2019-03-29 DOI:10.11564/33-1-1353

Chimere O. Iheonu, S. A. Agbutun, Chinonyerem M Omenihu, Godfrey I. Ihedimma, Vivian N Osuagwu

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Background: The study examined the impact of governance quality on infant mortality, maternal mortality and adult female mortality in sub Saharan Africa. Data Source and Methods: World Bank data covering 2002 to 2015 for 31 sub Saharan African countries were employed and analysed utilising the Driscoll and Kraay Fixed Effect Model. Results: Improvements in regulatory quality and total governance reduces infant mortality by 0.1441 and 0.0712 percentage points respectively. Improvements in the control of corruption, regulatory quality and total governance reduces maternal mortality by 0.0788, 0.1324 and 0.0654 percentage points respectively. Political stability reduces adult female mortality by 0.0485 percentage point. Conclusion: There is need for the pursuit of efficient and speedy execution of sound private sector development policies in order to reduce infant and maternal mortality. Enhancing the fight against corruption aids maternal mortality reduction. Political stable environment should be prioritised to reduce adult female mortality. An overall improvement in the quality of governance reduces mortality rates in the region.

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撒哈拉以南非洲治理质量对死亡率的影响

背景：该研究考察了治理质量对撒哈拉以南非洲婴儿死亡率、孕产妇死亡率和成年女性死亡率的影响。数据来源和方法：采用Driscoll和Kraay固定效应模型，对世界银行2002年至2015年31个撒哈拉以南非洲国家的数据进行了分析。结果：监管质量和全面治理的改善分别降低了0.1441和0.0712个百分点的婴儿死亡率。腐败控制、监管质量和全面治理的改善分别使孕产妇死亡率降低了0.0788、0.1324和0.0654个百分点。政治稳定使成年女性死亡率降低0.0485个百分点。结论：有必要寻求有效和迅速地执行健全的私营部门发展政策，以降低婴儿和产妇死亡率。加强反腐败斗争有助于降低孕产妇死亡率。应优先考虑政治稳定环境，以降低成年女性死亡率。治理质量的全面改善降低了该地区的死亡率。

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Etude de la Population Africaine Social Sciences-Demography

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期刊介绍： African Population Studies is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, commentaries, letters and case studies on topics related to the disciplines represented by the Union for African Population Studies Association. These disciplines include demography, population studies, public health, epidemiology, social statistics, population geography, development studies, economics and other social sciences that deal with population and development interrelationships that are unique and relevant to Africa and global audience.