International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies
Volume 4, Issue 6, 2024
Implications of Development Assistance on the Health Sector: A Case of Zambia
Author(s): Makungu Moses, Sishekanu Kennedy
Abstract:
Zambia became a major recipient of aid as means of financing its health, agricultural and industrial sectors in the 1980s and 1990s. This was after an economic recession that the Zambian and world economy incurred in the 1970s. The government has since not been able to solely provide adequate, sustainable and predictable financing towards the health sector. It is for this reason that it has sought foreign assistance in order to improve health outcomes.
The main objective of this research was to study the implications of development assistance towards the health sector in Zambia. Specific objectives of this study were to analyse the relationship between development assistance for health and life expectancy at birth in Zambia, to analyse the relationship between current health expenditure and life expectancy at birth in Zambia, and to investigate the relationship between Gross National Income per capita and life expectancy at birth in Zambia. The study site for this research was Zambia. This study used a quantitative research design – descriptive and correlational techniques. The independent variables in the study were: Development assistance for health per capita, current health expenditure per capita and gross national income per capita. The dependent variable in the study was life expectancy at birth. The research found a strong positive relationship between development assistance for health per capita and life expectancy at birth. The study also found that there is an overdependence on foreign assistance in the Zambian health sector, with 42% of current health expenditure financed by foreign aid.
Keywords: Aid, Health Expenditure, Development Assistance for Health, Gross National Income Per Capita, Life Expectancy at Birth
Pages: 638-643
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