How Useful Are Benefit Incidence Analyses of Public Education and Health Spending
IMF Working Papers, November 1, 2003
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- Authors: Erwin H Tiongson, Hamid R Davoodi, Sawitree S. Asawanuchit
- Published: November 1, 2003
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451875430.001
Overview
- Paper provides a primer on benefit incidence analysis (BIA) for macroeconomists and a new data set on the benefit incidence of education and health spending covering 56 countries over 1960-2000.
- Data set represents a significant improvement in quality and coverage over existing compilations.
- Paper demonstrates the usefulness of BIA in two dimensions: (1) evaluation of targeting of public education and health spending; (2) association between incidence patterns and broader outcomes.
Key findings on targeting and distribution
- Overall education and health spending are poorly targeted.
- Benefits from primary education and primary health care go disproportionately to the middle class, particularly in:
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- HIPCs
- Transition economies
- Targeting improved in the 1990s.
Associations with outcomes and country characteristics
- Simple measures of association show that countries with a more propoor incidence of education and health spending tend to have:
- Better education outcomes
- Better health outcomes
- Good governance
- High per capita income
- Wider accessibility to information
Policy implications
- The paper explores policy implications of the findings (policy directions and specifics are explored within the full paper).
Publication and metadata
- Title: How Useful Are Benefit Incidence Analyses of Public Education and Health Spending
- Authors: Erwin H Tiongson, Hamid R Davoodi, Sawitree S. Asawanuchit
- Publication date: November 1, 2003
- Series: Working Paper No. 2003/227
- Volume: 2003
- Issue: 227
- Pages: 48
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451875430.001
- Stock No: WPIEA2272003
- ISBN: 9781451875430
- ISSN: 1018-5941
- Subject keywords: Education, Education spending, Expenditure, Health, Health care spending
- Keywords: benefit incidence, benefit incidence analysis, benefit incidence data, benefit incidence of public spending, BIA methodology, BIA study, correlation coefficient, East Africa, Education spending, government spending data, Health care spending, health spending, incidence of public spending, Middle East, North Africa, progressivity, propoor incidence, public spending on education and health, secondary education, Sub-Saharan Africa, targeting, Western Hemisphere, WP
IMF Working Paper No. 2003/227 — Erwin H Tiongson, Hamid R Davoodi, Sawitree S. Asawanuchit; November 1, 2003; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451875430.001