vacation property owners and the effects on local government budgets generally but not on education finances specifically. This … study connects research on rates of vacation properties with that on local education finances by using data from the state …

Background: In its pursuance of universal health coverage (UHC), the government of Benin is piloting a project of … mandatory social insurance for health entitled "ARCH". Methods: We analysed budget data and ARCH documents, and conducted four … jeopardising other areas; (ii) the purchasing of health services should be more strategic so as to increase allocative efficiency …

pressing area for future research. We have sophisticated models of local spending, tax policy, and institutional design, but …