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Public Service Spending: Efficiency and Distributional Impact—Lessons from Asia

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  • Lavado, Rouselle

    (World Bank)

  • Domingo, Gabriel Angelo

    (University of California, Davis)

Abstract

Efficiency and equity are cornerstone concepts in rational service delivery in the public sector. This paper benchmarks efficiency and equity in public spending on health, education and social protection in a broad group of Asian Development Bank (ADB) member economies with varying levels of development. We describe public expenditure trends in health, education and social protection in the region. Following Herrera and Pang (2005), we conduct a formal efficiency benchmarking exercise using Data Envelopment Analysis and available input and output data from WDI, GFS, and ADB databases to deconstruct each member economy’s efficiency changes in health and education spending. We next turn to review service provision inequality within ADB economies using utilization rates and benefit incidence, and note the deficiency of pro-poor spending in some sectors.

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  • Lavado, Rouselle & Domingo, Gabriel Angelo, 2015. "Public Service Spending: Efficiency and Distributional Impact—Lessons from Asia," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 435, Asian Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:adbewp:0435
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    Cited by:

    1. Victor Ngobeni & Marthinus C. Breitenbach & Goodness C. Aye, 2020. "Technical Efficiency of Provincial Public Healthcare in South Africa," Working Papers 202013, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.

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    Keywords

    governance and institutions; MDGs and inclusive growth; poverty; social protection;
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    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs

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