Do African Countries Get Health from Health Aid?
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This paper uses panel data from African countries and a dynamic panel data (DPD) estimator to investigate the effects of health aid on health outcomes as well as the effects of health aid on health expenditures from domestic resources. I find that health aid has a small but statistically significant positive impact on health outcomes in African countries. Health aid is found to be more effective in improving health outcomes in countries with better governance. I also find that health aid marginally increases health expenditure from domestic sources in African countries, all things equal. The results are robust to several specifications and estimation methods.
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