) are scored in a sample of 175 countries using data from 2006-16 on education, health, and infrastructure. The paper … need more resources than others to achieve similar education, health, and infrastructure outcomes … changes in the efficiency of public spending could have a major impact on aggregate productivity growth and gross domestic …

Many developing countries have struggled with realizing sufficient revenues from property tax. However, as developing … countries experience economic growth, they are also seeing property values rising, providing a bigger tax base from which to … realize revenues. Technology has made tax administration easier and more effective and developing country governments have …

Improving access to quality education has been the backbone of several development strategies around the world and … education expenditure would drive better access to quality education despite the inefficiencies plaguing public sectors in … general. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficiency with which public education spending is translated into …

This paper looks at how countries have mobilized additional resources for education and assesses their impact on access … global spending on education has risen significantly over the past two decades, although spending as a share of gross … GDP spent on education, but the absolute amount they devoted to education remained low compared to other countries …