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International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies
ISSN: 2028-9324     CODEN: IJIABO     OCLC Number: 828807274     ZDB-ID: 2703985-7
 
 
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Contribution of official development assistance to improve health: Empirical validation from a panel of five countries in the South Shore of the Mediterranean


Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2014, Pages 839–849

 Contribution of official development assistance to improve health: Empirical validation from a panel of five countries in the South Shore of the Mediterranean

Mekdem Majdi1

1 University of Sousse, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Sousse, Tunisia

Original language: English

Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract


We try in this article to see how can help bring health outcomes, particularly on improving life expectancy. The purpose of this paper is to study the contribution of GDP rate of literacy, health expenditure and aid allocated to health on improving life expectancy for 5 countries of the southern shore Mediterranean using econometric techniques given in panel unit root test, cointegration test, and causality test during the period 1992-2010. We note that the variable aid allocated to health contributes positively to the improvement of life expectancy.

Author Keywords: allocated to health, gross domestic product, human capital, economic efficiency, life expectancy, cointegration test, unit root test, panel data.


How to Cite this Article


Mekdem Majdi, “Contribution of official development assistance to improve health: Empirical validation from a panel of five countries in the South Shore of the Mediterranean,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 839–849, July 2014.