Education and Health Expenditure and Poverty Reduction in East Africa [electronic resource]: Madagascar and Tanzania /
Morrisson, Christian.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development : Development CentreContent Provider
Morrisson, Christian.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2002.
This book demonstrates that in the case of very poor countries, policies aimed at universal provision of education and health services benefit the poor significantly more than more expensive targeted schemes. The book draws attention to the absolute need for coherence and co-ordination so that schools are not built without teachers and dispensaries without drugs. Moreover, national macroeconomic policies have to be realistic if the health and education sectors are not to be deprived of resources. Finally, the quality of governance is shown to have a direct effect on the efficiency of social spending.
CONTENTS; Preface Jorge Braga de Macedo; Executive Summary; Introduction; Chapter 1: Poverty, Education and Health: The Case of Madagascar; Comments; Chapter 2: Incidence of Public Spending in the Health and Education Sectors in Tanzania; Comments; Chapter 3: Results and Recommendations
Published in French under the title: Dépenses d'éducation, de santé et réduction de la pauvreté en Afrique de l'Est.
This book demonstrates that in the case of very poor countries, policies aimed at universal provision of education and health services benefit the poor significantly more than more expensive targeted schemes. The book draws attention to the absolute need for coherence and co-ordination so that schools are not built without teachers and dispensaries without drugs. Moreover, national macroeconomic policies have to be realistic if the health and education sectors are not to be deprived of resources. Finally, the quality of governance is shown to have a direct effect on the efficiency of social spending.
Human services
Public health
Education and state
Poor
Human services
Public health
Education and state
Poor
East Africa Health Educational Policies