LCHE seminar - Where the money flows? Colonial health investment and hospital outcomes in the D.R.Congo

The Lausanne Center for Health Economics, Behavior, and Policy (LCHE) regularly organizes seminars about Health Economics. More details on www.lche.ch.

Topic of the Seminar

Where the money flows? Colonial health investment and hospital outcomes in the D.R.Congo

This paper explores the role of colonial medical missions in causing contemporaneous disparities in hospital outcomes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Using GIS data and archival records from colonial Belgian Congo, we track the establishment of colonial health settlements and match them with modern hospitals. We document a strong, positive, and persistent effect on infrastructure capacity as well as on resources allocated by the central government for salaries, even after controlling for differences in health workers. 

Speaker

• Dr Samuel Lordemus

Samuel Lordemus is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Health, Policy and Economics, University of Lucerne. Before joining Lucerne, he held a Research Fellow position at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Sheffield, and a Msc from Paris School of Economics. His research interests are in health and development economics, with a particular focus on the determinants of public healthcare financing in conflict settings and the role of donors.

Practical information

• Free admission
• No need to register
• This seminar is given in English