MDG Achievements, Determinants and Resource Needs : What Has Been Learnt?

This paper reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of key policy instruments for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Based on a simple cross-country regression analysis, the paper argues that average Millennium Development G...

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Main Author: Lay, Jann
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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topic ADULT LITERACY
AGED
BASIC HEALTH CARE
BASIC HEALTH SERVICES
BREASTFEEDING
CALL
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CLINICS
COHORT OF STUDENTS
COMPLETION RATES FOR GIRLS
DEATHS
DEWORMING
DEWORMING PROGRAMS
DIETS
DISPENSARIES
DISTANCE TO SCHOOL
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATED PARENTS
EDUCATION FACILITIES
EDUCATION GOALS
EDUCATION OF GIRLS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICIES
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
ENROLLMENT LEVELS
ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN
ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
ENROLLMENT STATISTICS
EVALUATION OF EDUCATION
EXAMINATION FEES
EXERCISES
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILIES
GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH POLICIES
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE USE
HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SERVICE­UTILIZATION
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HIGHER ENROLLMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUNGER
IMMUNIZATION
IMPACT EVALUATIONS
INCENTIVE SCHEMES
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INFANT HEALTH
INITIAL ENROLMENT
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
INTERVENTION
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEARNING PROCESSES
LET
LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT
LITERACY
LITERACY PROGRAM
LOW ENROLLMENT RATES
MATERNAL LITERACY
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
MEASLES
MEDICAL CARE
META ANALYSIS
MORTALITY
MULTIGRADE TEACHING
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
OFFICIAL SCHOOL AGE
PAPERS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PREGNANCY
PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY CARE
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIMARY STUDENT
PROBABILITY
PUBLIC AWARENESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
REMEDIAL CLASSES
REPETITION
REPETITION RATES
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RURAL SCHOOLS
SANITATION
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL BUILDING
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCHOOL COST
SCHOOL FEE
SCHOOL FEEDING
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL VISITS
SCHOOL-AGE
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLING QUALITY
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPORTS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
TEACHER
TEACHER COSTS
TEACHER INCENTIVES
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING-LEARNING
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
UNIVERSAL COVERAGE
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOLING
USE OF HEALTH SERVICES
VACCINATION
spellingShingle ADULT LITERACY
AGED
BASIC HEALTH CARE
BASIC HEALTH SERVICES
BREASTFEEDING
CALL
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CLINICS
COHORT OF STUDENTS
COMPLETION RATES FOR GIRLS
DEATHS
DEWORMING
DEWORMING PROGRAMS
DIETS
DISPENSARIES
DISTANCE TO SCHOOL
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATED PARENTS
EDUCATION FACILITIES
EDUCATION GOALS
EDUCATION OF GIRLS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICIES
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
ENROLLMENT LEVELS
ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN
ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
ENROLLMENT STATISTICS
EVALUATION OF EDUCATION
EXAMINATION FEES
EXERCISES
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILIES
GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH POLICIES
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE USE
HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SERVICE­UTILIZATION
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HIGHER ENROLLMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUNGER
IMMUNIZATION
IMPACT EVALUATIONS
INCENTIVE SCHEMES
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INFANT HEALTH
INITIAL ENROLMENT
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
INTERVENTION
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEARNING PROCESSES
LET
LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT
LITERACY
LITERACY PROGRAM
LOW ENROLLMENT RATES
MATERNAL LITERACY
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
MEASLES
MEDICAL CARE
META ANALYSIS
MORTALITY
MULTIGRADE TEACHING
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
OFFICIAL SCHOOL AGE
PAPERS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PREGNANCY
PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY CARE
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIMARY STUDENT
PROBABILITY
PUBLIC AWARENESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
REMEDIAL CLASSES
REPETITION
REPETITION RATES
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RURAL SCHOOLS
SANITATION
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL BUILDING
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCHOOL COST
SCHOOL FEE
SCHOOL FEEDING
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL VISITS
SCHOOL-AGE
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLING QUALITY
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPORTS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
TEACHER
TEACHER COSTS
TEACHER INCENTIVES
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING-LEARNING
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
UNIVERSAL COVERAGE
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOLING
USE OF HEALTH SERVICES
VACCINATION
Lay, Jann
MDG Achievements, Determinants and Resource Needs : What Has Been Learnt?
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
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description This paper reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of key policy instruments for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Based on a simple cross-country regression analysis, the paper argues that average Millennium Development Goal progress is likely to be too slow to meet education and health sector targets in a number of developing countries. The paper further shows that MDG achievement can be described by a transition path with declining rates of progress. More detailed analysis reveals that the transition toward universal primary school enrollment in poor countries with low initial enrollment has accelerated considerably in the more recent past. The main part of the paper then focuses on the role of demand versus supply-side factors in social service utilization in education and health. The review arrives at the following rules of thumb that reflect some of the key determinants of achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: First, specific single policy interventions can have a considerable impact on social service utilization and specific human development outcomes. For example, improving access to basic health services, in particular to vaccination, has been a key factor in reducing child mortality rates in a number of very poor countries. Second, demand-side policies have proved extremely effective, for example in raising school enrollment and attainment levels. However, there may be more scope for targeting the demand-side in the health sector. Third, policy effectiveness and efficiency are highly dependent on initial conditions and the specificities of the respective policy. Fourth, complementarities between MDG targets, in particular social service utilization, are likely to be very important.
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author Lay, Jann
author_facet Lay, Jann
author_sort Lay, Jann
title MDG Achievements, Determinants and Resource Needs : What Has Been Learnt?
title_short MDG Achievements, Determinants and Resource Needs : What Has Been Learnt?
title_full MDG Achievements, Determinants and Resource Needs : What Has Been Learnt?
title_fullStr MDG Achievements, Determinants and Resource Needs : What Has Been Learnt?
title_full_unstemmed MDG Achievements, Determinants and Resource Needs : What Has Been Learnt?
title_sort mdg achievements, determinants and resource needs : what has been learnt?
publishDate 2012
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spelling okr-10986-38052021-04-23T14:02:12Z MDG Achievements, Determinants and Resource Needs : What Has Been Learnt? Lay, Jann ADULT LITERACY AGED BASIC HEALTH CARE BASIC HEALTH SERVICES BREASTFEEDING CALL CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CLINICS COHORT OF STUDENTS COMPLETION RATES FOR GIRLS DEATHS DEWORMING DEWORMING PROGRAMS DIETS DISPENSARIES DISTANCE TO SCHOOL EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATED PARENTS EDUCATION FACILITIES EDUCATION GOALS EDUCATION OF GIRLS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT INCREASES ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENT STATISTICS EVALUATION OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION FEES EXERCISES EXTERNALITIES FAMILIES GIRLS INTO SCHOOL HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE USE HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SERVICE­UTILIZATION HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HIGHER ENROLLMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUNGER IMMUNIZATION IMPACT EVALUATIONS INCENTIVE SCHEMES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFANT HEALTH INITIAL ENROLMENT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INTERVENTION LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESSES LET LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT LITERACY LITERACY PROGRAM LOW ENROLLMENT RATES MATERNAL LITERACY MATHEMATICAL SKILLS MEASLES MEDICAL CARE META ANALYSIS MORTALITY MULTIGRADE TEACHING NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUTRITION NUTRITION PROGRAMS OFFICIAL SCHOOL AGE PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PREGNANCY PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY STUDENT PROBABILITY PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE REMEDIAL CLASSES REPETITION REPETITION RATES RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL SCHOOLS SANITATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL BUILDING SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL COST SCHOOL FEE SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SPORTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEACHER TEACHER COSTS TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING-LEARNING TUBERCULOSIS UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNIVERSAL COVERAGE UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLLMENT UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOLING USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VACCINATION This paper reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of key policy instruments for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Based on a simple cross-country regression analysis, the paper argues that average Millennium Development Goal progress is likely to be too slow to meet education and health sector targets in a number of developing countries. The paper further shows that MDG achievement can be described by a transition path with declining rates of progress. More detailed analysis reveals that the transition toward universal primary school enrollment in poor countries with low initial enrollment has accelerated considerably in the more recent past. The main part of the paper then focuses on the role of demand versus supply-side factors in social service utilization in education and health. The review arrives at the following rules of thumb that reflect some of the key determinants of achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: First, specific single policy interventions can have a considerable impact on social service utilization and specific human development outcomes. For example, improving access to basic health services, in particular to vaccination, has been a key factor in reducing child mortality rates in a number of very poor countries. Second, demand-side policies have proved extremely effective, for example in raising school enrollment and attainment levels. However, there may be more scope for targeting the demand-side in the health sector. Third, policy effectiveness and efficiency are highly dependent on initial conditions and the specificities of the respective policy. Fourth, complementarities between MDG targets, in particular social service utilization, are likely to be very important. 2012-03-19T18:40:08Z 2012-03-19T18:40:08Z 2010-05-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100526145918 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3805 English Policy Research working paper ; no. 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