Does Debt Relief Improve Child Health? : Evidence from Cross-Country Micro Data

Does Debt Relief Improve Child Health? : Evidence from Cross-Country Micro Data

This paper analyzes the effects of a multilateral debt relief program on child health. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank launched the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative in the late 1990s to reduce the debt burdens of poor c...

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Main Author: Welander, Anna
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
debt relief
Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries
HIPC Initiative
child health
health surveys
demographic surveys
infant mortality
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26884745/debt-relief-improve-child-health-evidence-cross-country-micro-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25316

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26884745/debt-relief-improve-child-health-evidence-cross-country-micro-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25316

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