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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Tác giả chính: Sahn, David
Tác giả khác: Younger, Stephen
Định dạng: Tạp chí
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Loạt:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/172
Truy cập trực tuyến:Full text available on IMF