More Child Mortality in the Middle: Democracy, Capacity, and Children’s Right to Life

• In Event: Laws and Protection in Developing Countries

Brief Overview

Democratic institutions provide the political will to improve children's rights while state capacity provides the tools needed. We find support for this argument on a panel of 42 African countries from 1998-2014.

Authors

• Brendan Skip Mark, University of Rhode Island

• Tiffani Crippin, Binghamton University