Social Rights and Economics : Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries
The author analyzes contemporary rights-based and economic approaches to health care and education in developing countries. He assesses the foundations and uses of social rights in development, outlines an economic approach to improving health and...
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okr-10986-182782021-04-23T14:03:42Z Social Rights and Economics : Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries Gauri, Varun ACCESS TO INFORMATION BASIC EDUCATION BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET FORMULATION CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLINICS COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPULSORY SCHOOLING DEMOCRACIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITIES DISASTERS DISCLOSURE DISCRIMINATION DISEASES ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC GROUPS EXCLUDED GROUPS EXPENDITURE DATA EXPENDITURES FREE EDUCATION GENDER GENDER ROLES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH STATUS HOLIDAYS HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOME LEVEL INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMED CONSENT INNOVATION INSURERS INTERVENTION INTRINSIC VALUE ISOLATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LAWS LIBERALISM LITERACY LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LONG TERM MALARIA MATERIAL WELL- BEING MATERIAL WELL-BEING MATHEMATICS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SERVICES MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL NUTRITION OPPORTUNITY COSTS PATIENTS PERSONALITY PERSUASION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY WORK POLITICAL EDUCATION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PROCESSES PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS PUBLIC SERVICES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELIGIOUS MINORITIES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RISK AVERSION RISK SHARING SANCTIONS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLS SCREENING SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INEQUALITIES SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WELFARE TEACHERS UNIVERSAL ACCESS HEALTH CARE DELIVERY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES GOVERNANCE SERVICE DELIVERY TRADEOFFS HUMAN RIGHTS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSAL ACCESS HEALTH CARE DELIVERY The author analyzes contemporary rights-based and economic approaches to health care and education in developing countries. He assesses the foundations and uses of social rights in development, outlines an economic approach to improving health and education services, and then highlights the differences, similarities, and the hard questions that the economic critique poses for rights. The author argues that the policy consequences of rights overlap considerably with a modern economic approach. Both the rights-based and the economic approaches are skeptical that electoral politics and de facto market rules provide sufficient accountability for the effective and equitable provision of health and education services, and that further intrasectoral reforms in governance, particularly those that strengthen the hand of service recipients, are needed. There remain differences between the two approaches. Whether procedures for service delivery are ends in themselves, the degree of disaggregation at which outcomes should be assessed, the consequences of long-term deprivation, metrics used for making tradeoffs, and the behavioral distortions that result from subsidies are all areas where the approaches diverge. Even here, however, the differences are not irreconcilable, and advocates of the approaches need not regard each other as antagonists. 2014-05-12T22:08:06Z 2014-05-12T22:08:06Z 2003-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2191893/social-rights-economics-claims-health-care-education-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18278 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3006 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION BASIC EDUCATION BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET FORMULATION CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLINICS COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPULSORY SCHOOLING DEMOCRACIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITIES DISASTERS DISCLOSURE DISCRIMINATION DISEASES ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC GROUPS EXCLUDED GROUPS EXPENDITURE DATA EXPENDITURES FREE EDUCATION GENDER GENDER ROLES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH STATUS HOLIDAYS HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOME LEVEL INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMED CONSENT INNOVATION INSURERS INTERVENTION INTRINSIC VALUE ISOLATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LAWS LIBERALISM LITERACY LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LONG TERM MALARIA MATERIAL WELL- BEING MATERIAL WELL-BEING MATHEMATICS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SERVICES MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL NUTRITION OPPORTUNITY COSTS PATIENTS PERSONALITY PERSUASION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY WORK POLITICAL EDUCATION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PROCESSES PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS PUBLIC SERVICES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELIGIOUS MINORITIES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RISK AVERSION RISK SHARING SANCTIONS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLS SCREENING SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INEQUALITIES SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WELFARE TEACHERS UNIVERSAL ACCESS HEALTH CARE DELIVERY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES GOVERNANCE SERVICE DELIVERY TRADEOFFS HUMAN RIGHTS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSAL ACCESS HEALTH CARE DELIVERY |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3006 |
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The author analyzes contemporary
rights-based and economic approaches to health care and
education in developing countries. He assesses the
foundations and uses of social rights in development,
outlines an economic approach to improving health and
education services, and then highlights the differences,
similarities, and the hard questions that the economic
critique poses for rights. The author argues that the policy
consequences of rights overlap considerably with a modern
economic approach. Both the rights-based and the economic
approaches are skeptical that electoral politics and de
facto market rules provide sufficient accountability for the
effective and equitable provision of health and education
services, and that further intrasectoral reforms in
governance, particularly those that strengthen the hand of
service recipients, are needed. There remain differences
between the two approaches. Whether procedures for service
delivery are ends in themselves, the degree of
disaggregation at which outcomes should be assessed, the
consequences of long-term deprivation, metrics used for
making tradeoffs, and the behavioral distortions that result
from subsidies are all areas where the approaches diverge.
Even here, however, the differences are not irreconcilable,
and advocates of the approaches need not regard each other
as antagonists. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Gauri, Varun |
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Gauri, Varun |
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Gauri, Varun |
| title |
Social Rights and Economics : Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries |
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Social Rights and Economics : Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries |
| title_full |
Social Rights and Economics : Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries |
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Social Rights and Economics : Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries |
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Social Rights and Economics : Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries |
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social rights and economics : claims to health care and education in developing countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2191893/social-rights-economics-claims-health-care-education-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18278 |
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