2008, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Public expenditures, growth, and poverty : lessons from developing countries / edited by Shenggen Fan.

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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty : lessons from developing countries / edited by Shenggen Fan
 
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Physical Description
  • xv, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Published
  • Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008.
Language
  • English

Edition details

Title
  • Public expenditures, growth, and poverty : lessons from developing countries /​ edited by Shenggen Fan.
Other Authors
  • Fan, Shenggen.
Published
  • Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008.
Physical Description
  • xv, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
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Contents
  • Machine derived contents note: Contents
  • Contents 3
  • tables 6
  • acknowledgment 8
  • Chapter 1. Introduction. 9
  • David Coady and Shenggen Fan
  • rationale of government expenditures 10
  • Conceptual Framework: Effects Of Public Expenditures On Growth
  • And Poverty. 17
  • Organization of the Book 20
  • References 22
  • CHAPTER 2. PUBLIC SPENDING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: tRENDS,
  • Determination, And Impact. 28
  • Shenggen Fan, Bingxin Yu, and Anuja Saurkar
  • Introduction 28
  • Government Spending: Trends, Size, And Composition 29
  • Measures 29
  • Size of Government Spending. 30
  • Composition of Government Spending 31
  • Agricultural Spending. 32
  • Determination of Government Expenditures 33
  • Total Government Spending. 33
  • Composition of Spending. 35
  • Impact of Government Spending on Growth. 37
  • Spending and Overall GDP Growth. 36
  • Agricultural Spending and Growth in Agriculture. 38
  • Major Findings 40
  • References 42
  • Chapter 3. Public Investment, Growth, And Rural Poverty
  • 65
  • Shenggen Fan and Neetha Rao
  • How Public Investment Affects Rural Poverty. 65
  • Agricultural Growth. 66
  • Rural Wages. 69
  • Non-farm Employment. 70
  • Migration. 71
  • Land Distribution. 72
  • Food Prices. 73
  • Empowerment. 73
  • Theoretical Framework and Methodology to Link Public Investment to Poverty
  • 74
  • Conceptual Framework and Model 74
  • Estimation Techniques. 78
  • Country Case Studies 81
  • India. 81
  • China. 83
  • Thailand 84
  • Uganda 85
  • What Have We Learned And What We Still Need To Know. 86
  • References 90
  • Chapter 4. Human Capital Expenditures For The Poor 119
  • David Coady
  • Rationale for Public Policy. 120
  • Information Failures 120
  • Externalities. 121
  • Imperfect Credit and Insurance Markets 122
  • Poverty and Income Distribution. 123
  • Analytical Approaches. 123
  • Nutrition and Health Expenditures. 125
  • Empirical Evidence 120
  • Concluding Remarks 120
  • Education Expenditures 136
  • References 147
  • Chapter 5. Social Safety Nets. 158
  • Food Subsidies 160
  • Public Works 166
  • Human Capital Subsidies. 172
  • PROGRESA in Mexico 173
  • RPS in Nicaragua 176
  • FFE in Bangladesh. 177
  • Summary and Conclusions. 178
  • References 182
  • CHAPTER 6. Public Spending, Growth, Growth, and Poverty Alleviation in
  • Sub-Saharan Africa: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis 191
  • Hans Lofgren and Sherman Robinson
  • Introduction 191
  • Growth, Poverty, and Public Policy 192
  • Dynamic Poverty Analysis: Model Structure and Database 194
  • Background 195
  • Model Structure. 198
  • Database: Structural features of an archetype country in SSA 201
  • Simulations 206
  • Base Simulation. 209
  • Public Spending Simulations: Reallocation to Target Areas. 209
  • Public Spending Simulations: Expansion in Target Areas 213
  • Sensitivity Analysis 220
  • Conclusion 220
  • References 222
  • Chapter 7. Lessons Learned: Major Findings And Policy
  • Implications 231
  • Shengeen Fan and Annie White
  • Major Findings 231
  • The Rationale of Government Spending 220
  • Cross-country Analysis of Spending Patterns and Factors. 220
  • Country Case Studies on Rural Investment 220
  • Health and Nutritional Interventions 220
  • Education Intervention 220
  • Social Safety Net Spending 220
  • Pro-Poor Spending: A Macroeconomic Perspective 220
  • What Have We Learnt? 240
  • Knowledge Gaps and Future Research Directions. 242
  • Contributors 222.
Notes
  • "Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute."
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 9780801888588 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780801888595 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0801888581 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 080188859X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Dewey Number
  • 339.4/​6091724
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