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The effect of International Monetary Fund programmes on population health

2021-03-20 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundAs one of the worlds most powerful international financial organisations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is uniquely positioned to shape global developmental trajectories by influencing domestic policy arrangements. However, its role in shaping population health is understudied. MethodsWe use previously unavailable cross-national time-series data and an instrumental-variables method to examine the causal impact of the IMFs structural adjustment programmes on age-standardised al...

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