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