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ABSTRACT
Using data from 1985 to 2005 for 74 developing nations, we conduct a longitudinal cross-national analysis examining the contentions of world polity theorists that health-related international non-governmental organizations (HINGOs) are effective at reducing tuberculosis mortality. We find support for this hypothesis in our models, yet we re-specify our models from a social movements perspective to examine any effects democracy may have on TB mortality. We do this by constructing an interaction term between HINGO concentration and level of democracy. As a result, we find that democracy moderates the effect of HINGOs on TB. Higher concentrations of HINGOs within developing nations are correlated with a larger beneficial effect on tuberculosis mortality in nations with high levels of democracy versus more repressive nations. This suggests that the effectiveness of HINGO programs in fighting TB mortality is contingent on the political opportunity structure within the countries where they operate.
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1Countries included in the analysis: Angola, Argentina, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Botswana, Chile, China, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Costa Rica, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Madagascar, Maldives, Mexico, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sudan, Senegal, El Salvador, Seychelles, Syria, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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Gary Maynard
Dr. Gary Maynard received his PhD in Sociology from Stony Brook University in New York in 2013. He has published several articles on health and development issues. His recent publications include an examination of debt in developing nations and HIV prevalence in Sociological Inquiry and an article on free trade policies and global levels of youth smoking in Sociological Spectrum in 2015. In addition, Dr. Maynard is currently filming a series of documentaries on drug addiction, drug trafficking, and corrupt institutional forces in Dayton, Ohio, and Miami, Florida.