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Replication Data for "Allocation of Public Health Services Across Urban and Rural Regions, Rural Poverty, and Armed Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa," Demet Yalcin Mousseau and Michael Mousseau,Journal of Public Health Policy, 2024

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Title Replication Data for "Allocation of Public Health Services Across Urban and Rural Regions, Rural Poverty, and Armed Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa," Demet Yalcin Mousseau and Michael Mousseau,Journal of Public Health Policy, 2024
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MKOQ47
 
Creator Mousseau, Demet Y
Mousseau, Michael
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Armed conflicts exacerbate public health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. Inequality across groups and poverty in rural areas can be an important factor in triggering local wars there. This study investigates whether equitable distribution of public services by governments across urban and rural geographical regions reduces the risk of local wars initiated by armed groups in Sub-Saharan African countries. Does an equitable distribution of public services such as healthcare and clean water public services across regions decrease the risk of armed conflicts? Uneven distribution of public services can increase the risk of conflict by contributing to group grievances, rural poverty, and rent-seeking competition over state resources. Analyses of 39 Sub-Saharan African countries from 1947 to 2021 show that a one-standard deviation increase in equal access to public services by urban-rural location lowers the risk of armed conflict a substantial 37 to 53 percent with consideration of a battery of control variables.
 
Subject Social Sciences
armed conflict; ethnic war; public health services; Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Date 2024-01-29
 
Contributor Mousseau, Michael