Table 3.

Variables specifications.

Variable	Specification	Data source
MI	Incidence of Malaria (per 1,000 population at risk)	http://apps.who.int/ghodata/
GHG	Total greenhouse gas emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent excluding Land-Use Change and Forestry).	https://www.climatewatch-data.org/ghg-emissions
GDP	Economic progress as GDP (constant 2015 US$)	https://databank.world-bank.org/source/world-development-indicators
GE	Government Effectiveness as governance-related measure of countries' performance	https://databank.world-bank.org/source/worldwide-governance-indicators
RQ	Regulatory quality on government performance. The estimate is the country's score on the aggregate indicator, ranging from −2.5 to 2.5.	https://databank.world-bank.org/source/worldwide-governance-indicators
GHE	Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP)	http://apps.who.int/nha/-database