Inflation thresholds and infant mortality in Sub‑Saharan Africa: Moderating roles of public spending and telecommunication infrastructures by degree of economic diversification

Description

This dataset supports an analysis of the nonlinear relationship between inflation and infant mortality in 45 Sub‑Saharan African countries (2000‑2024). It includes 13 variables from WDI (2026) and UN‑DESA (2026), covering health, economic and infrastructure indicators. Key findings reveal an inflation threshold of 6.49%, with marginal effects ten times larger below the threshold. Economic diversification protects against inflation, while telecommunication infrastructure mitigates and military spending amplifies its effects. The dataset is structured as an unbalanced panel (1,125 observations) and can be used to replicate results or conduct further econometric analysis.

Steps to reproduce

The data were retrieved from the World Development Indicators (WDI, 2026) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN‑DESA, 2026) databases for all Sub‑Saharan African countries. After compiling the series in Excel, we filtered the sample based on data availability for inflation, public health spending, military expenditure and GDP per capita growth. This procedure yielded an unbalanced panel of 45 countries, reduced to 43 when military spending was included.

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• University of Douala

  Littoral, Douala

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