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Other authors / contributors: | International Monetary Fund. African Department.
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ISBN: | 1282044176 9781282044173 9781451904161 1451904169 1462343805 9781462343805 1452716897 9781452716893 9786613797315 6613797316
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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Summary: | This paper analyzes trends in social indicators in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and their correlation with the three most widely used scaled measures of government social spending: in per capita terms, as a percentage of GDP, and as a percentage of total government expenditure. On the basis of a regional data set matching health and education outcome indicators with government spending on those sectors, cross-country statistical analysis shows spending both per capita and as a percent of GDP to be of some relevance to social outcomes, but not the share of social spending in budgetary allocations. The policy implications concern not only governments in the region, but also the international donor community for its role in supporting social programs in SSA.
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Other form: | Print version: Lopes, Paulo Silva. Comparative analysis of government social spending indicators and their correlation with social outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2002
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Standard no.: | 10.5089/9781451904161.001
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