Determinants of State Spending Patterns in Arab League Member States: a Post-Arab Spring Analysis, 1996–2014

Gibson, Christopher

doi:10.1007/s10767-018-9293-y

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“…The author argues that public spending on health and education curbs down as the level of corruption increases. In the same vein, Gibson (2018) examines the determinants of public health spending in the Arab League member states between 1996 and 2014. He shows that the effectiveness of government has a positive influence on public health spending.…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of the Quality of Governance on Domestic Government Health Spending in West Africa Economic and Monetary Union Countries

Dianda¹,

Sirpe²

2019

REM

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Government health spending is an important source of sustainable health funding in order to attain the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In low and middle-income countries, domestic government per capita spending on health needed to ensure universal coverage with the most essential health services is estimated at $112 according to Stenberg et al. (2017). In 2015, in West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), average domestic government spending on health per capita was $26 (about one quarter of all health spending), far short of the $112 target. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of domestic government health spending with emphasis on the quality of governance. We used panel data from the eight WAEMU member states covering the period 2000-2015 and the generalized least squares method for empirical investigation. The results show that an improvement in the quality of governance increases domestic government health spending. The study suggests the policy-makers of the WAEMU member state to improve the quality of governance in order to increase domestic government health spending and allow people to access essential health services and enjoy a better state of health.

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Section: Empirical Reviewmentioning

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Effects of the Quality of Governance on Domestic Government Health Spending in West Africa Economic and Monetary Union Countries

Dianda¹,

Sirpe²

2019

REM

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“…The violation of these assumption renders the coefficient estimates inefficient. Thereby, we use panel-corrected standard errors (PCSE) method proposed by Beck and Katz (1995) which deals with these problems, like others studies on the determinants of health spending (Avelino, Brown, & Hunter, 2005;Gibson, 2018). However, the estimates with the fixed effects and random effects methods are reported for robustness.…”

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Do Women’s Parliamentary Representation Increase Government Health Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa?

2020

JESD

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It is widely recognized in the literature that the increased political participation of marginalized sections of the population allows their interests to be taken into account in public policies. At the same time, in Sub-Saharan Africa, the percentage of women parliamentarians rose from 12.1% in 2000 to 24% in 2019. Likewise, health systems are characterized by public underfunding, limited accessibility of health services, and relatively weak maternal and child health indicators. This article evaluates the effect of women's parliamentary representation on government health spending in a sample of 39 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000-2017. The estimates made with fixed effects method, random effects method and panel-corrected standard errors method reveal that government health expenditure increases with the proportion of seats in parliament occupied by women. Therefore, this study advocates for the increase of women participation and representation in political and decisionmaking spheres.

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“…A competent and honest bureaucracy, especially, is seen as a core component: “By establishing meritocratic mechanisms for the selection and retention of qualified officials, bureaucracies can reduce predatory activities and increase the capacity to implement social policies that benefit a large portion of the population” (Sacks & Levi, 2010). Therefore, countries with high levels of government effectiveness are expected to be better at implementing social welfare policies that benefit all citizens rather than a narrow selectorate (Gibson, 2020; Ziblatt, 2008). As pointed out by Sirag et al (2017), governments with high effectiveness tend to use aid to pursue economic growth and social welfare promotion.…”

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“…than a narrow selectorate (Gibson, 2020;Ziblatt, 2008). As pointed out by Sirag et al (2017), governments with high effectiveness tend to use aid to pursue economic growth and social welfare promotion.…”

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Assessing the impact of aid on public health expenditure in aid recipient countries

Lim

Kim

Connolly

2022

Development Policy Review

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Motivation: The relationship between aid flows and recipients' spending on health is an important component of the ongoing attempt to measure and improve aid effectiveness. Purpose: This article aims to reveal complex interactions occurring between donors, who use surveillance and monitoring to ensure that their aid is effective, and recipients who are pursuing individual political survival in conjunction with national development. Methods and approach: This study applies a fixed-effects model to a dataset of 111 aid recipients from 2000-2018.Findings: This study finds that the impact of democracy, government effectiveness, and political stability on public health spending declines as more aid is introduced. Policy implications: The findings suggest that aid could lead to reductions in health expenditure when the donor community's surveillance focuses more on risky or untrustworthy recipients and indirectly creates incentives for good recipients to divert funding away from the health sector.

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Determinants of State Spending Patterns in Arab League Member States: a Post-Arab Spring Analysis, 1996–2014

Cited by 5 publications

References 62 publications

Effects of the Quality of Governance on Domestic Government Health Spending in West Africa Economic and Monetary Union Countries

Effects of the Quality of Governance on Domestic Government Health Spending in West Africa Economic and Monetary Union Countries

Do Women’s Parliamentary Representation Increase Government Health Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Assessing the impact of aid on public health expenditure in aid recipient countries

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