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Public Spending and Outcomes: Does Governance Matter?

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dc.contributor.authorRajkumar, Andrew Sunil
dc.contributor.authorSwaroop, Vinaya
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:30:05Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the links between public spending, governance, and outcomes. We examine the role of governance--measured by the level of corruption and the quality of bureaucracy--in determining the efficacy of public spending in improving human development outcomes. Our analysis contributes to our understanding of the relationship between public spending, governance and outcomes, and helps explain the surprising result that public spending often does not yield the expected improvement in outcomes. We show empirically that the differences in the efficacy of public spending can be largely explained by the quality of governance. Public health spending lowers child mortality rates more in countries with good governance. Similarly, public spending on primary education becomes more effective in increasing primary education attainment in countries with good governance. More generally, public spending has virtually no impact on health and education outcomes in poorly governed countries. These findings have important implications for enhancing the development effectiveness of public spending. The lessons are particularly relevant for developing countries, where public spending on education and health is relatively low, and the state of governance is often poor.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Development Economics
dc.identifier.issn03043878
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4859
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectBureaucracy
dc.subjectAdministrative Processes in Public Organizations
dc.subjectCorruption D730
dc.subjectStructure, Scope, and Performance of Government H110
dc.subjectNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General H500
dc.subjectFormal and Informal Sectors
dc.subjectShadow Economy
dc.subjectInstitutional Arrangements O170
dc.subjectFiscal and Monetary Policy in Development O230
dc.titlePublic Spending and Outcomes: Does Governance Matter?en
dc.title.alternativeJournal of Development Economicsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1443
okr.journal.nbpages96-111
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.08.003
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okr.volume86
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