Dominance Testing of Social Sector Expenditures and Taxes in Africa /
This paper examines the progressivity of social sector expenditures and taxes in eight sub-Saharan African countries. It uses dominance tests to determine whether health and education expenditures redistribute resources to the poor. The paper finds that social services are poorly targeted. Among the...
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| Format: | Tidsskrift |
| Sprog: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1999.
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| Serier: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1999/172 |
| Online adgang: | Full text available on IMF |