The empirical literature has failed to reach consensus on the impact of aid on development outcomes based on aggregate cross‐country analysis. This study follows the current trend in the literature on the effectiveness of aid to examine the impact of local‐level aid on health outcomes. It combines data on the World Bank's geo‐located aid projects with three rounds of Demographic Health Surveys from Côte d'Ivoire and uses difference‐in‐difference estimation techniques to explore the effects of aid on infant mortality. The results show that proximity to development aid projects is associated with reduced infant mortality. The results hold whether we consider proximity to any aid project or specifically water and sanitation projects. They are also robust to inclusion of mother fixed effects in the model. The evidence suggests that access to prenatal and postnatal healthcare are possible mechanisms through which aid may have negative effects on infant mortality.

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发展援助对婴儿死亡率的影响：科特迪瓦的微观证据

根据综合跨国分析，经验文献未能就援助对发展成果的影响达成共识。这项研究遵循了文献中有关援助有效性的最新趋势，以检验地方援助对健康结果的影响。它将世界银行在地理位置上的援助项目的数据与科特迪瓦的三轮人口健康调查相结合，并使用差异差异估算技术来探讨援助对婴儿死亡率的影响。结果表明，接近发展援助项目与降低婴儿死亡率有关。无论我们考虑与任何援助项目，特别是与水和卫生项目的邻近性，结果都保持不变。它们对于将母亲固定效应包括在模型中也很可靠。