Are Remittances More Effective Than Aid To Reduce Child Mortality ? An Empirical Assessment using Inter and Intra-Country Data

Pré-publication, Document de travail: This paper analyzes the respective impact of aid, remittances and medical brain drain on child mortality using panel and cross-country quintile-level data on respectively 84 and 46 developing countries. Our results show that remittances reduce child mortality and that the impact of health aid is non-linear, suggesting that health aid is more effective in the poorest countries. By contrast, medical brain drain is found to have a harmful impact on child mortality. Last, remittances seem to be more effective in reducing mortality for children belonging to the richest households, whereas neither pro-poor nor anti-poor effect is found for health aid.

Auteur(s)

Lisa Chauvet, Flore Gubert, Sandrine Mesplé-Somps

Date de publication
  • 2009
Mots-clés
  • International Migration
  • Foreign Aid
  • Low and Middle Income Countries
  • Child Mortality
  • Remittances
Référence interne
  • G-MonD Working Paper n°10
Version
  • 1