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  "title": "Does Higher Government Spending Buy Better Results in Education and Health Care?",
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      "content": "- By Marijn Verhoeven, Sanjeev Gupta, Erwin H Tiongson\n- February 1, 1999\n- IMF Working Paper No. 1999/021\n- Pages: 25\n- Volume: 1999\n- Issue: 021\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451843897.001\n- Stock No: WPIEA0211999\n- ISBN: 9781451843897\n- ISSN: 1018-5941"
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      "content": "- Principal question: Is there empirical evidence that higher public spending improves education and health indicators?\n- Data scope: Cross-sectional data for 50 developing and transition countries."
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      "content": "- There is little empirical evidence to support the claim that public spending improves education and health indicators.\n- Expenditure allocations within the two social sectors:\n  - Improve both access to and attainment in schools.\n  - Reduce mortality rates for infants and children.\n- The size and efficiency of these allocations are important for:\n  - Promoting equity.\n  - Furthering second-generation reforms."
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      "content": "- Subject: Education, Education spending, Expenditure, Health, Health care spending\n- Keywords: infant mortality, mortality rate, public spending, spending, WP\n\nSource: IMF Working Paper — Does Higher Government Spending Buy Better Results in Education and Health Care?\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Does Higher Government Spending Buy Better Results in Education and Health Care? - WP/99/21\n  - Does Higher Government Spending Buy Better Results in Education and Health Care? - WP/99/21 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Does Higher Government Spending Buy Better Results in Education and Health Care? - WP/99/21 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/30/does-higher-government-spending-buy-better-results-in-education-and-health-care-2892"
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    "By Marijn Verhoeven, Sanjeev Gupta, Erwin H Tiongson",
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    "Principal question: Is there empirical evidence that higher public spending improves education and health indicators?",
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    "Expenditure allocations within the two social sectors:",
    "The size and efficiency of these allocations are important for:",
    "Subject: Education, Education spending, Expenditure, Health, Health care spending",
    "Keywords: infant mortality, mortality rate, public spending, spending, WP",
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