Illicit financial flows and the provision of child and maternal health services in low- and middle-income countries.
Bienvenido OrtegaJesús SanjuánAntonio CasqueroPublished in: BMC international health and human rights (2020)
These findings suggest that, for the whole sample of countries considered, at least 3.9 million women and 190,000 children may not receive these basic health care interventions in the future as a consequence of a 1 p.p. increase in the ratio of IFFs to total trade. Moreover, given that family planning, reproductive health, and child immunisation are foundational components of health and long-term development in poor countries, the findings show that IFFs could be undermining the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.