Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Infrastructure : A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes, and Efficiency

All interested parties seem to agree that it is important to be able to monitor public sector performance at the sectoral level, but most current work based on multi-country databases does not lend itself to country-specific conclusions. This is du...

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Main Authors:	Estache, Antonio, Gonzalez, Marianela, Trujillo, Lourdes
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIRCRAFT ALLOCATION ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AVERAGE SHARE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS CAP CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL STOCK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE CIVIL SERVANTS COMPETITION POLICY CONSTANT PRICES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY PERFORMANCE CROSS-COUNTRY DATA CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES DATA ON CORRUPTION DATA QUALITY DATA SET DECENTRALIZATION DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES EDUCATION SERVICES EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICE DELIVERY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS EFFICIENCY OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURE DATA EXPENDITURE LEVELS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL ADJUSTMENT FUEL FUNCTIONAL FORM GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE HEALTH EXPENDITURE INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME MEAN INEFFICIENCY INFANT MORTALITY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INTERVENTION LENGTH OF ROAD LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME MONETARY DATA MORTALITY RATES MULTILATERAL DONORS NATIONAL POLICIES NEGATIVE TERMS OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES OUTCOME DATA OUTCOME INDICATORS OUTCOME MEASURES OUTPUT INDICATORS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL SCIENTISTS POWER PARITY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN TRANSPORT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING POWER QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS RAIL RECURRENT EXPENDITURES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE POSITION RESOURCE ALLOCATION ROAD NETWORK ROAD SECTOR ROADS SAMPLE SIZE SANITATION SECTOR EXPENDITURE SECTORAL ALLOCATION SECTORAL BUDGET SECTORAL COMPOSITION SECTORAL EXPENDITURE SECTORAL POLICIES SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES TAXPAYERS TOLL TOTAL EXPENDITURE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT = INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR
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spelling	okr-10986-70662021-04-23T14:02:33Z Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Infrastructure : A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes, and Efficiency Estache, Antonio Gonzalez, Marianela Trujillo, Lourdes ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIRCRAFT ALLOCATION ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AVERAGE SHARE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS CAP CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL STOCK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE CIVIL SERVANTS COMPETITION POLICY CONSTANT PRICES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY PERFORMANCE CROSS-COUNTRY DATA CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES DATA ON CORRUPTION DATA QUALITY DATA SET DECENTRALIZATION DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES EDUCATION SERVICES EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICE DELIVERY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS EFFICIENCY OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURE DATA EXPENDITURE LEVELS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL ADJUSTMENT FUEL FUNCTIONAL FORM GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE HEALTH EXPENDITURE INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME MEAN INEFFICIENCY INFANT MORTALITY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INTERVENTION LENGTH OF ROAD LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME MONETARY DATA MORTALITY RATES MULTILATERAL DONORS NATIONAL POLICIES NEGATIVE TERMS OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES OUTCOME DATA OUTCOME INDICATORS OUTCOME MEASURES OUTPUT INDICATORS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL SCIENTISTS POWER PARITY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN TRANSPORT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING POWER QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS RAIL RECURRENT EXPENDITURES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE POSITION RESOURCE ALLOCATION ROAD NETWORK ROAD SECTOR ROADS SAMPLE SIZE SANITATION SECTOR EXPENDITURE SECTORAL ALLOCATION SECTORAL BUDGET SECTORAL COMPOSITION SECTORAL EXPENDITURE SECTORAL POLICIES SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES TAXPAYERS TOLL TOTAL EXPENDITURE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT = INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR All interested parties seem to agree that it is important to be able to monitor public sector performance at the sectoral level, but most current work based on multi-country databases does not lend itself to country-specific conclusions. This is due to a large extent to major data limitations both on sectoral expenditures and on sectoral outcomes. This paper discusses the related issues and shows what we can do with the current data inspite of the drastic limitations. The main conclusions of the paper are that any efforts to assess country-specific performances in relative terms are likely to be difficult in view of the data problems. A rough sense of performance across sectors can be estimated for groups of countries, allowing some modest benchmarking exercises. These estimates show that low-income countries generally lag significantly behind higher-income countries. Efficiency has improved during the 1990s in energy and education but has not improved significantly in transport. 2012-06-04T21:17:56Z 2012-06-04T21:17:56Z 2007-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7550996/government-expenditures-education-health-infrastructure-naive-look-levels-outcomes-efficiency http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7066 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4219 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
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIRCRAFT ALLOCATION ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AVERAGE SHARE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS CAP CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL STOCK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE CIVIL SERVANTS COMPETITION POLICY CONSTANT PRICES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY PERFORMANCE CROSS-COUNTRY DATA CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES DATA ON CORRUPTION DATA QUALITY DATA SET DECENTRALIZATION DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES EDUCATION SERVICES EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICE DELIVERY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS EFFICIENCY OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURE DATA EXPENDITURE LEVELS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL ADJUSTMENT FUEL FUNCTIONAL FORM GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE HEALTH EXPENDITURE INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME MEAN INEFFICIENCY INFANT MORTALITY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INTERVENTION LENGTH OF ROAD LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME MONETARY DATA MORTALITY RATES MULTILATERAL DONORS NATIONAL POLICIES NEGATIVE TERMS OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES OUTCOME DATA OUTCOME INDICATORS OUTCOME MEASURES OUTPUT INDICATORS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL SCIENTISTS POWER PARITY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN TRANSPORT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING POWER QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS RAIL RECURRENT EXPENDITURES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE POSITION RESOURCE ALLOCATION ROAD NETWORK ROAD SECTOR ROADS SAMPLE SIZE SANITATION SECTOR EXPENDITURE SECTORAL ALLOCATION SECTORAL BUDGET SECTORAL COMPOSITION SECTORAL EXPENDITURE SECTORAL POLICIES SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES TAXPAYERS TOLL TOTAL EXPENDITURE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT = INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIRCRAFT ALLOCATION ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AVERAGE SHARE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS CAP CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL STOCK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE CIVIL SERVANTS COMPETITION POLICY CONSTANT PRICES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY PERFORMANCE CROSS-COUNTRY DATA CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES DATA ON CORRUPTION DATA QUALITY DATA SET DECENTRALIZATION DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES EDUCATION SERVICES EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICE DELIVERY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS EFFICIENCY OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURE DATA EXPENDITURE LEVELS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL ADJUSTMENT FUEL FUNCTIONAL FORM GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE HEALTH EXPENDITURE INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME MEAN INEFFICIENCY INFANT MORTALITY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INTERVENTION LENGTH OF ROAD LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME MONETARY DATA MORTALITY RATES MULTILATERAL DONORS NATIONAL POLICIES NEGATIVE TERMS OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES OUTCOME DATA OUTCOME INDICATORS OUTCOME MEASURES OUTPUT INDICATORS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL SCIENTISTS POWER PARITY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN TRANSPORT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING POWER QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS RAIL RECURRENT EXPENDITURES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE POSITION RESOURCE ALLOCATION ROAD NETWORK ROAD SECTOR ROADS SAMPLE SIZE SANITATION SECTOR EXPENDITURE SECTORAL ALLOCATION SECTORAL BUDGET SECTORAL COMPOSITION SECTORAL EXPENDITURE SECTORAL POLICIES SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES TAXPAYERS TOLL TOTAL EXPENDITURE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT = INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR Estache, Antonio Gonzalez, Marianela Trujillo, Lourdes Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Infrastructure : A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes, and Efficiency
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4219
description	All interested parties seem to agree that it is important to be able to monitor public sector performance at the sectoral level, but most current work based on multi-country databases does not lend itself to country-specific conclusions. This is due to a large extent to major data limitations both on sectoral expenditures and on sectoral outcomes. This paper discusses the related issues and shows what we can do with the current data inspite of the drastic limitations. The main conclusions of the paper are that any efforts to assess country-specific performances in relative terms are likely to be difficult in view of the data problems. A rough sense of performance across sectors can be estimated for groups of countries, allowing some modest benchmarking exercises. These estimates show that low-income countries generally lag significantly behind higher-income countries. Efficiency has improved during the 1990s in energy and education but has not improved significantly in transport.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Estache, Antonio Gonzalez, Marianela Trujillo, Lourdes
author_facet	Estache, Antonio Gonzalez, Marianela Trujillo, Lourdes
author_sort	Estache, Antonio
title	Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Infrastructure : A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes, and Efficiency
title_short	Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Infrastructure : A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes, and Efficiency
title_full	Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Infrastructure : A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes, and Efficiency
title_fullStr	Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Infrastructure : A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes, and Efficiency
title_full_unstemmed	Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Infrastructure : A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes, and Efficiency
title_sort	government expenditures on education, health, and infrastructure : a naive look at levels, outcomes, and efficiency
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7550996/government-expenditures-education-health-infrastructure-naive-look-levels-outcomes-efficiency http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7066
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Government Expenditures on Education, Health, and Infrastructure : A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes, and Efficiency

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