The effectiveness of government spending on education and health care in developing and transition economies

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 717-737

  Gupta, Sanjeev ^a   Verhoeven, Marijn ^a   Tiongson, Erwin R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrasectoral spending composition; Primary and secondary education; Primary health care; Public expenditure; Social indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036837759     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(02)00116-7     Document Type: Article

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