Table 2.

Characteristics of studies on the aggregate effect of structural adjustment programmes on maternal health

	Outcome measure	IFI	Study period	Sampling	Study setting	Addresses selection bias	Analysis	Effect of structural adjustment
Coburn, Restivo and Shandra, 2015	Maternal mortality	AfDB	1990–2005	5-yearly	31 African countries	Yes	Random-effects generalised least-squares regression	Detrimental
Shandra, Shandra and London, 2015	Maternal mortality	IMF	1990–2000	5-yearly	65 developing countries	No	Lagged dependent panel regression	Detrimental
Pandolfelli, Shandra and Tyagi, 2014	Maternal mortality	IMF	1990–2005	5-yearly	37 African countries	Yes	Random effects generalised least-squares regression	Detrimental