Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis
A civil conflict broke out in northern Mali in 2012, which is continuing to the present day. Very little is known about its impact on civilians. In this paper we show how to use birth history data to build long time series of mortality rates, and we use novel synthetic control methods to estimate th...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Masset, Edoardo |
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| description | A civil conflict broke out in northern Mali in 2012, which is continuing to the present day. Very little is known about its impact on civilians. In this paper we show how to use birth history data to build long time series of mortality rates, and we use novel synthetic control methods to estimate the impact of the Malian civil conflict on child mortality. We find that conflict produced a significant increase in under-5 mortality, and that the impact was negligible on infant mortality but large on child mortality. We analyse trends of key mortality determinants, and conclude that a reduction in vaccination rates and in access to health care in childhood were the most likely mediators of impact. Northern Mali is today one of the poorest and most neglected areas of the world where humanitarian assistance is urgently needed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1434692025-12-02T21:02:52Z Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis Masset, Edoardo health children civil conflict control methods mortality conflicts A civil conflict broke out in northern Mali in 2012, which is continuing to the present day. Very little is known about its impact on civilians. In this paper we show how to use birth history data to build long time series of mortality rates, and we use novel synthetic control methods to estimate the impact of the Malian civil conflict on child mortality. We find that conflict produced a significant increase in under-5 mortality, and that the impact was negligible on infant mortality but large on child mortality. We analyse trends of key mortality determinants, and conclude that a reduction in vaccination rates and in access to health care in childhood were the most likely mediators of impact. Northern Mali is today one of the poorest and most neglected areas of the world where humanitarian assistance is urgently needed. 2021-12-31 2024-05-22T12:14:21Z 2024-05-22T12:14:21Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143469 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Masset, Edoardo. 2021. Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2082. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134932. |
| spellingShingle | health children civil conflict control methods mortality conflicts Masset, Edoardo Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis |
| title | Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis |
| title_full | Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis |
| title_fullStr | Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis |
| title_short | Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis |
| title_sort | conflict and child mortality in mali a synthetic control analysis |
| topic | health children civil conflict control methods mortality conflicts |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143469 |
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