Effects of the World Bank’s maternal and child health intervention on Indonesia’s poor: Evaluating the safe motherhood project

The Impact of Official Development Aid on Maternal and Reproductive Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review

“…Nine studies [27], [28], [30], [31], [36], [39]–[41], [43] relate to discrete projects which demonstrate some very limited adherence to the Paris Principles, e.g. they mention partnerships with national authorities indicating a degree of alignment with national strategies or a degree of ownership.…”

“…One study [27] mentions the aid intervention in relation to a broader development programme; however, the study itself focuses on discrete projects.…”

“…Births attended by skilled birth personnel (MDG 5.2): n = 17 [16], [17], [21]–[25], [27], [28], [30], [32], [33], [36], [38]–[41], [44].…”

“…Most of the studies were rated as medium (n = 13 [3], [16], [18]–[20], [28], [31], [34], [36], [38], [41], [43], [45]) or low quality (n = 12 [22], [26], [27], [29], [30], [32], [33], [35], [37], [39], [40], [42], [44]) on the basis of their reporting of the aid intervention; moreover, their focus tended to be on the activities funded by aid and not the amounts of aid, the mechanisms through which it was donated, or the management of the funding. The majority of studies were rated as high (n = 19 [3], [16], [17], [19], [21], [22], [26]–[28], [30], [31], [34]–[36], [39]–[41], [43], [44]) or medium quality (n = 6 [23], [25], [29], [32], [33], [37], [45]) on the basis of their reporting on study design and methods.…”

“…The majority of studies (n = 20 [3], [17], [19]–[28], [30], [31], [35], [37], [40], [41], [43], [45]) were rated as high quality on the basis of the robustness of data analysis. Only nine studies were rated as high quality for their reporting of confounding factors [21], [22], [24], [26], [27], [36], [39], [40], [44]; given the wide range of factors which can affect maternal and reproductive health outcomes this is a concern.…”