TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal mortality in developing countries
T2 - Applicability of Amartya Sen's theoretical perspectives
AU - Jayasundara, Dheeshana S.
AU - Panchanadeswaran, Subadra
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Maternal mortality is a serious problem faced by developing countries and has been identified as a key millennium development goal. This paper empirically tested the efficacy of Amartya Sen's human development perspectives to combat maternal mortality. Path analysis was used to test the empirical model. Test results found full support of the theoretical model. The findings have significant implications for reducing maternal mortality through social development efforts that improve reproductive capability.
AB - Maternal mortality is a serious problem faced by developing countries and has been identified as a key millennium development goal. This paper empirically tested the efficacy of Amartya Sen's human development perspectives to combat maternal mortality. Path analysis was used to test the empirical model. Test results found full support of the theoretical model. The findings have significant implications for reducing maternal mortality through social development efforts that improve reproductive capability.
KW - Amartya Sen
KW - developing countries
KW - human development
KW - maternal mortality
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U2 - 10.1080/17486831.2011.595071
DO - 10.1080/17486831.2011.595071
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859310653
SN - 1748-6831
VL - 27
SP - 221
EP - 231
JO - Journal of Comparative Social Welfare
JF - Journal of Comparative Social Welfare
IS - 3
ER -