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human capital, social capital, and health outcomes are critically examined for a low income country, India. If individuals … likely to have health problems and are therefore physically healthier. In an attempt to test the so-called relationship …-level macro data from the Central Statistics Office of India were both utilized, was accessed. A three-equation model has been …
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This study attempts to explain the effects of ethnic and linguistic diversity on educational attainment. We argue that cross-section differences in ethnic and linguistic fractionalization can explain a substantial part of the cross-country differences in educational attainment levels. Using a...
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) achievement. We first demonstrate that average MDG progress is likely to be too slow to meet the education and health sector … of demand- versus supply-side factors in social service utilization in education and health. The main policy conclusions … access to basic health services, in particular to vaccination, has been a key factor in reducing child mortality rates in a …
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This paper analyses the public finance performance and the dynamics of government expenditures on education and health … political crisis in 2010. Despite these crisis conditions, public health expenditures have increased substantially. In education …-term is going to be difficult, so efficiency-oriented reforms need to be implemented in health care and especially in …
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The report analyzes the impact of the global financial crisis on public services delivery in education and healthcare. The analysis has been undertaken from the macro-perspective. Pre-crisis and crisis economic developments are outlined and fiscal accounts developments are presented. The...
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. Before the crisis, the governments of these countries were substantially increasing spending on education and health. The … crisis, despite the fiscal constraints, public education and health expenditures have mostly been maintained or increased in …
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The paper deals with the impact of the global financial crisis on public service delivery - mainly education and healthcare - in Belarus. The pre-crisis period of 2003-2008 was the most prosperous in recent history. These trends resulted in a pretty good fiscal performance. Nevertheless, the...
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sectors. The impact of the financial crisis on the delivery of education and health services appeared to be delayed and was …
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After years of stagnation and political cataclysms, Georgia tried to recover by launching radical economic and political reforms starting in 2004. The results of the reforms appeared to be impressive. The country's GDP has more than doubled; the total volume of bank deposits is five times what it...
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This text aims to offer three contributions to the study of Brazilian public expenditures on health and education … Brazilian states and thousands of Brazilian municipalities. They sugggest also that Brazilian public expenditures on health and …
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