Is the role of international health aid on adult mortality efficient? Evidence from developing countries using DEA approach

This paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) method to investigate the efficiency rate of international aid on decreasing adult mortality developing countries over the period of 1995-2006. Result of efficiency rate of Aid on mortality confirms a high efficiency rate for developing countries. We also argue that our finding indicates that a high efficiency rate of international aid and health expenditures on decreasing mortality may be a signal of structural differences between low income, lower middle income and upper middle income countries.