... improvement during the 1980s: the infant mortality rate declined from 100 per 1,000 live births to 50 between 1980 and 1988; life expectancy increased from 56 to 64 years. Primary school enrollment doubled over the decade. During the 1980s, much was achieved both in terms of an expansion of these expenditures and in terms of measurable indicators of performance. Though it ... no doubt that the previous trend of improving health outcomes was reversed during the period of the reform program" (Ake 79). Cote d'Ivoire experienced a long period of growth following its independence in 1960, wi...

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