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Analyzing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Poverty: Seven Stories

Analyzing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Poverty: Seven Stories. Shanta Devarajan South Asia Region World Bank. Determinants of infant mortality in Malaysia. Public subsidies per capita to education by deciles in Indonesia (early 1990s). Fiscal Impact: CNCA Morocco. 1989. 67. 20%

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Analyzing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Poverty: Seven Stories

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  1. Analyzing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Poverty:Seven Stories Shanta Devarajan South Asia Region World Bank

  2. Determinants of infant mortality in Malaysia

  3. Public subsidies per capita to education by deciles in Indonesia (early 1990s)

  4. Fiscal Impact:CNCA Morocco 1989 67 20% of basic education 1990 76 1991 90 160% of preventive health 1992 107 Average 85 0 60 120 Subsidy, millions of dollars

  5. 2. Forgone Opportunities in Maharashtra, India

  6. In 1995, survey of 250 primary schools in 19 of 39 districts; Grants for Primary Education in Uganda Primary Education in Uganda (PETS) US$ per Student 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 1995 1994 1993 1999 1990 1991 Intended Grant Amount Received by School (mean)

  7. In 1995, survey of 250 primary schools in 19 of 39 districts; Survey repeated in 1998 and 2000. Grants for Primary Education in Uganda Primary Education in Uganda (PETS) US$ per Student 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 1995 1994 1993 1999 1990 1991 Intended Grant Amount Received by School (mean)

  8. All India Teacher Absence Map (Public Schools) Source: Kremer, Muralidharan, Chaudhury, Hammer, and Rogers. 2004. “Teacher Absence in India.”

  9. India 2003: Doctor absence from primary health clinics by state and reason

  10. Quality is low, even when present (Delhi doctors) What they do is in blue, what they know is in red. MBBS doctors are (roughly) the equivalent of MDs in the US. Das and Hammer (2005)

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