Aid, Service Delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an Economy-wide Framework

In many developing countries, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 will require significant increases in expenditures on social services and in foreign assistance. It will also require careful planning of the sector allocation...

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Main Authors: Bourguignon, Francois, Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina, Lofgren, Hans
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9740864/aid-service-delivery-millennium-development-goals-economy-wide-framework
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topic ABSENTEEISM
ACCOUNTING
AVERAGE WAGE
BABIES
BASE YEAR
BENCHMARK
BORROWING
CALCULATIONS
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL GROWTH
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CENTER FOR POPULATION
CENTRAL BANK
COMPETITIVENESS
CONTRIBUTIONS
COST ANALYSIS
CURRENT EXPENDITURES
DEBT
DEBT FORGIVENESS
DEFICITS
DEPRECIATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASES
DRINKING WATER
DROPOUT
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SHOCK
EDUCATED GROUPS
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EMPLOYMENT
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXERCISES
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FORECASTS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FORMAL EDUCATION
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GROWTH POTENTIAL
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SPENDING
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL BEDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT OF EDUCATION
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INCOMES
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INTEREST PAYMENTS
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INVESTING
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT SPENDING
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LACK OF INFORMATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LITERACY
LIVE BIRTHS
LOW INCOME
LOW-INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
MIGRANTS
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MORTALITY RATE
NATIONAL POLICIES
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NURSES
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PENSION
PENSION SYSTEMS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRESENT VALUE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE SAVINGS
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASES
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
RAPID GROWTH
RATES OF GROWTH
REAL GDP
RELEVANT POPULATION
RENTS
RESEARCH EFFORTS
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAM
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITIES
RETURNS TO SCALE
SAFE WATER
SANITATION
SAVINGS
SCARCE RESOURCES
SCHOOL QUALITY
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUSTAINABLE ACCESS
TAX COLLECTION
TAX RATES
TEACHER TRAINING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TOTAL COSTS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TOTAL SAVINGS
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE DEFICIT
URBANIZATION
VALUABLE
WAGE
WAGE GROWTH
WAGES
WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle ABSENTEEISM
ACCOUNTING
AVERAGE WAGE
BABIES
BASE YEAR
BENCHMARK
BORROWING
CALCULATIONS
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL GROWTH
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CENTER FOR POPULATION
CENTRAL BANK
COMPETITIVENESS
CONTRIBUTIONS
COST ANALYSIS
CURRENT EXPENDITURES
DEBT
DEBT FORGIVENESS
DEFICITS
DEPRECIATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASES
DRINKING WATER
DROPOUT
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SHOCK
EDUCATED GROUPS
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EMPLOYMENT
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXERCISES
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FORECASTS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FORMAL EDUCATION
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GROWTH POTENTIAL
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SPENDING
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL BEDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT OF EDUCATION
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INCOMES
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INTEREST PAYMENTS
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INVESTING
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT SPENDING
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LACK OF INFORMATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LITERACY
LIVE BIRTHS
LOW INCOME
LOW-INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
MIGRANTS
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MORTALITY RATE
NATIONAL POLICIES
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NURSES
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PENSION
PENSION SYSTEMS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRESENT VALUE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE SAVINGS
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASES
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
RAPID GROWTH
RATES OF GROWTH
REAL GDP
RELEVANT POPULATION
RENTS
RESEARCH EFFORTS
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAM
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITIES
RETURNS TO SCALE
SAFE WATER
SANITATION
SAVINGS
SCARCE RESOURCES
SCHOOL QUALITY
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUSTAINABLE ACCESS
TAX COLLECTION
TAX RATES
TEACHER TRAINING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TOTAL COSTS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TOTAL SAVINGS
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE DEFICIT
URBANIZATION
VALUABLE
WAGE
WAGE GROWTH
WAGES
WATER SUPPLY
Bourguignon, Francois
Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina
Lofgren, Hans
Aid, Service Delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an Economy-wide Framework
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4683
description In many developing countries, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 will require significant increases in expenditures on social services and in foreign assistance. It will also require careful planning of the sector allocation and sequencing of public spending. Especially for low-income countries, the challenges of the MDGs cannot be well understood unless sector issues are seen in the context of constraints at the macro level and in labor markets. To help countries analyze policies aimed at making progress toward the goals, the World Bank has developed a new tool, the Maquette for MDG Simulations (MAMS). Its originality is to fully integrate government services and their impact on the economy within an otherwise standard economy-wide dynamic framework. In comparison with existing approaches, MAMS offers three main advantages. First, the representation of the production of government services - such as health or education - takes into account demand as well as supply factors and the efficiency of these services. It also allows for interactions across the goals, and between the goals and economic growth. Second, it shows how scaling up these services has economy-wide impacts that may change resource allocation in the non-government sector and relative prices, including the unit cost of government services. Third, it shows the tradeoffs across time, including the relative costs and benefits, of front-loading expenditures versus back-loading. The present paper describes the basic features of MAMS and provides an illustration of its applicability for Ethiopia.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Bourguignon, Francois
Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina
Lofgren, Hans
author_facet Bourguignon, Francois
Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina
Lofgren, Hans
author_sort Bourguignon, Francois
title Aid, Service Delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an Economy-wide Framework
title_short Aid, Service Delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an Economy-wide Framework
title_full Aid, Service Delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an Economy-wide Framework
title_fullStr Aid, Service Delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an Economy-wide Framework
title_full_unstemmed Aid, Service Delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an Economy-wide Framework
title_sort aid, service delivery, and the millennium development goals in an economy-wide framework
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9740864/aid-service-delivery-millennium-development-goals-economy-wide-framework
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6807
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spelling okr-10986-68072021-04-23T14:02:32Z Aid, Service Delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an Economy-wide Framework Bourguignon, Francois Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina Lofgren, Hans ABSENTEEISM ACCOUNTING AVERAGE WAGE BABIES BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BORROWING CALCULATIONS CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL GROWTH CAPITAL REQUIREMENT CENTER FOR POPULATION CENTRAL BANK COMPETITIVENESS CONTRIBUTIONS COST ANALYSIS CURRENT EXPENDITURES DEBT DEBT FORGIVENESS DEFICITS DEPRECIATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DRINKING WATER DROPOUT ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCK EDUCATED GROUPS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM MODELS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXERCISES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FORECASTS FOREIGN CURRENCY FORMAL EDUCATION FUNCTIONAL FORMS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HEALTH CARE HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPENDING HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF EDUCATION IMPACT ON CHILDREN INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INTEREST PAYMENTS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTING INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT SPENDING LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF INFORMATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY LIVE BIRTHS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MIGRANTS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL POLICIES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSES OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PENSION PENSION SYSTEMS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SAVINGS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASES PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE RAPID GROWTH RATES OF GROWTH REAL GDP RELEVANT POPULATION RENTS RESEARCH EFFORTS RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH PROGRAM RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESPECT RESPONSIBILITIES RETURNS TO SCALE SAFE WATER SANITATION SAVINGS SCARCE RESOURCES SCHOOL QUALITY SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TAX COLLECTION TAX RATES TEACHER TRAINING TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL COSTS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL SAVINGS TRADE BALANCE TRADE DEFICIT URBANIZATION VALUABLE WAGE WAGE GROWTH WAGES WATER SUPPLY In many developing countries, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 will require significant increases in expenditures on social services and in foreign assistance. It will also require careful planning of the sector allocation and sequencing of public spending. Especially for low-income countries, the challenges of the MDGs cannot be well understood unless sector issues are seen in the context of constraints at the macro level and in labor markets. To help countries analyze policies aimed at making progress toward the goals, the World Bank has developed a new tool, the Maquette for MDG Simulations (MAMS). Its originality is to fully integrate government services and their impact on the economy within an otherwise standard economy-wide dynamic framework. In comparison with existing approaches, MAMS offers three main advantages. First, the representation of the production of government services - such as health or education - takes into account demand as well as supply factors and the efficiency of these services. It also allows for interactions across the goals, and between the goals and economic growth. Second, it shows how scaling up these services has economy-wide impacts that may change resource allocation in the non-government sector and relative prices, including the unit cost of government services. Third, it shows the tradeoffs across time, including the relative costs and benefits, of front-loading expenditures versus back-loading. The present paper describes the basic features of MAMS and provides an illustration of its applicability for Ethiopia. 2012-05-31T21:15:57Z 2012-05-31T21:15:57Z 2008-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9740864/aid-service-delivery-millennium-development-goals-economy-wide-framework http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6807 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4683 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research