Does Higher Government Spending Buy Better Results in Education and Health Care? /

There is little empirical evidence to support the claim that public spending improves education and health indicators. This paper uses cross-sectional data for 50 developing and transition countries to show that expenditure allocations within the two social sectors improve both access to and attainm...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Verhoeven, Marijn
Andre forfattere: Gupta, Sanjeev, Tiongson, Erwin
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/021
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF