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
Online Access:	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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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7066

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

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