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Toward More Efficient and Effective Public Social Spending in Central America

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dc.contributor.authorAcosta, Pablo A.
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Rita
dc.contributor.authorGindling, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorLao Pena, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-18T20:51:16Z
dc.date.available2017-05-18T20:51:16Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-18
dc.description.abstractCentral America has come a long way both in terms of economic and political stability. Increasingly the region is focusing on implementing productivity-enhancing reforms as well as supporting reductions in poverty and inequality. This report analyzes recent trends in public social spending in Central America from 2007 to 2014, conducts international benchmarking, examines measures of the effectiveness and efficiency of social spending, and discusses the quality of selected institutions influencing this spending. We examine total social spending, as well as detailing its four components: public spending on the education, health, and social protection and labor (SPL) sectors. In analyzing public social spending, the report addresses three crucial policy issues: (a) how to improve the coverage and redistributional incidence of public social spending; (b) how to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of public social spending; and (c) how to strengthen the institutions governing public spending in the social sector. While based heavily on a series of recent analytical social spending studies in six countries in the subregion—Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama—this report also takes a broader regional perspective and includes some comparisons to countries in other regions.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-1060-2
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-1060-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26659
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDirections in Development—Human Development;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectSOCIAL SPENDING
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOST EFFECTIVITY
dc.subjectINCIDENCE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEFFICIENCY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECTORS
dc.subjectIMPACT EVALUATION
dc.subjectEQUITY
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.titleToward More Efficient and Effective Public Social Spending in Central Americaen
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okr.date.disclosure2017-06-08
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-15T12:05:28.568566Z
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryCosta Rica
okr.region.countryEl Salvador
okr.region.countryGuatemala
okr.region.countryHonduras
okr.region.countryNicaragua
okr.region.countryPanama
okr.region.geographicalCentral America
okr.topicEducation::Education Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Access of Poor to Social Services
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
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