Maternal mortality and women’s political participation

Bhalotra, Sonia;Clarke, Damian;Gomes, Joseph;Venkataramani, Atheendar
(2020) VoxDev — (2020)

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  • Bhalotra, SoniaUniversity of Essex
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  • Clarke, DamianUniversity of Chile
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  • Gomes, JosephUCLouvain
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  • Venkataramani, AtheendarUniversity of Pennsylvania
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Abstract
Maternal deaths are estimated to account for 830 deaths per day and more than 216 deaths per 100,000 live births globally (Ceschia and Horton 2016). Even with sharp declines in the last two decades, high rates of maternal mortality persist, which is striking given that the knowledge and low-cost technologies needed to dramatically reduce it have been available for nearly a century (Cutler et al. 2006, Loudon 1992). Differential adoption of these technologies may help explain why some countries have experienced dramatic declines in maternal mortality, while others have demonstrated little progress. But why do countries fail to adopt these technologies in the first place?
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Bhalotra, S., Clarke, D., Gomes, J., & Venkataramani, A. (2020). Maternal mortality and women’s political participation. VoxDev. Published. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/100457 (Original work published 2020)