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Table 2 Regression of Infant Mortality Rate on World Bank SAL and Health Projects, and Select Controls

From: For the children? A mixed methods analysis of World Bank structural adjustment loans, health projects, and infant mortality in Latin America

  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
World Bank Structural Adjustment Loan (SAL) 0.17 (0.47)   0.02 (0.46) 0.02 (0.46)   −0.22 (0.44) 0.46 (0.52) 0.17 (0.50)
World Bank Health Project Loan   −1.66*** (0.41) −1.66*** (0.41)   −1.74*** (0.37) −1.75*** (0.37)   −1.71*** (0.37)
Inverse Mills Ratio        0.59+ (0.33) 0.52 (0.32)
Public Health Spending per capita (logged, current US$)     2.27*** (0.65) 1.83** (0.62) 1.79** (0.64) 2.21*** (0.65) 1.75** (0.63)
% of the Population Using Basic Sanitation Services     −0.55*** (0.07) −0.56*** (0.06) −0.56*** (0.07) − 0.56*** (0.07) −0.56*** (0.07)
GDP per capita, PPP (logged, current international $)     −6.22** (2.05) −5.96** (1.99) −6.06** (2.01) −5.78** (2.09) −5.70** (2.05)
Democracy Score     −0.25+ (0.14) −0.25+ (0.13) − 0.23+ (0.14) −0.15 (0.15) − 0.14 (0.14)
Net FDI (hundreds of millions, current US$)     0.01 (0.02) 0.01 (0.02) 0.01 (0.02) 0.04 (0.03) 0.03 (0.02)
Trade (% of GDP)     −0.02+ (0.01) −0.02 (0.01) − 0.02 (0.01) −0.03* (0.01) − 0.03* (0.01)
Year −0.79*** (0.04) − 0.84*** (0.03) −0.84*** (0.04) − 0.34*** (0.07) −0.35*** (0.07) − 0.35*** (0.07) −0.47*** (0.10) `-0.46*** (0.10)
  1. Source: World Development Indicators, Polity IV, World Bank Projects Database (author coded)
  2. Notes: Random effects models. Standard errors in parentheses; +p < 0.10; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 (two-tailed tests)
  3. Sample size is 279 country-years in 18 countries over 16 years (data is unbalanced panel data)
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