Government spending and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa region

Albassam, Bassam A.

doi:10.1177/0020852320969802

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“…Further, we can indicate that the ratio of performance indicators of social goods (health, education) and increasing level of relevant public expenditure are inversely correlated (Nenkova & Mihaylova-Borisova, 2020). These findings support the hypothesis that a higher level of relevant public expenditure concludes with a lower efficiency index on the education and health sector (Afonso, Romero, & Monsalve, 2013;Prasetyo & Zuhdi, 2013;Wang, et al, 2020;Herrera & Ouedraogo, 2018;Sun, 2017;Albassam, 2020;Liu & Xia, 2019).…”

Section: Computing Education and Health Performance And Effi Ciencysupporting

confidence: 85%

The Efficiency of Educational and Healthcare public expenditures in Kosovo: A Data Envelopment Analysis Technique

Elshani

Pula²

2022

ECO

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This paper evaluates the performance and efficiency of the government public expenditure in the education and health sectors in the emerging economies context, specifically comparing Kosovo with the Western Balkan countries. The indicators of education and health sectors were used to assess a Public Sector Performance Index (PSP) and the Public Sector Efficiency Index (PSE). Also, this study uses the nonparametric method DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) to evaluate the input-output oriented efficiency. This study finds that education score of performance ranges from 0.43 which is the minimum to 1.48 which is the maximum. And in the health sector, the PSP score ranges from 0.81 which is the minimum to 1.09 which is the maximum. Kosovo ranks 41st out of 42 countries in this sample, in terms of the education sector, with a performance index of 0.67, which is 37% below the average of 1.00, whilst in terms of the health sector it ranks 39th out of 42 countries in the sample.In the analysis of the input output efficiency model in the education sector, the results show that the countries included in the study achieve an efficiency of 76.69 and it means that countries can reduce relevant public expenditure by 23.3% and maintain the same level of PSP in the education sector. Kosovo is assessed in this analysis as an inefficient country. The value of the input-oriented index is 40.24, which means that Kosovo can achieve the same level of performance in the education sector by using 60% less relative public expenditure, whilst, on the other hand, the input-output efficiency results for the health sector show that the efficiency score for countries is 47.64, and denotes that the countries in the sample could reduce 53% in health expenditure to achieve the same performance in the health sector. Thus, Kosovo compared to other countries in the sample is within the limits of production opportunities and uses public expenditure on health and education inefficiently.

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Section: Computing Education and Health Performance And Effi Ciencysupporting

confidence: 85%

The Efficiency of Educational and Healthcare public expenditures in Kosovo: A Data Envelopment Analysis Technique

Elshani

Pula²

2022

ECO

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“…The need for a structured approach to attack the complex challenges facing humanity is particularly urgent in Africa, with many countries meeting the World Bank's classification of low‐ and middle‐income countries as a result of low per capita incomes, stagnant or declining economic growth, limited infrastructure across sectors, and poor quality of life for the majority. In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, some governments used reserve funds or took loans to respond to socio‐economic agitation by their citizens, whereas others attempted to make investments in the healthcare sector (Albassam, 2020). South Africa emerged at the forefront of vaccine trials on the continent (Voysey et al, 2021).…”

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The Importance of Fostering and Funding Scientific Research, and its Relevance to Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Sesin

Judy

Kapustka³

et al. 2023

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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What do environmental contaminants and climate change have in common with the virus SARS-CoV-2 and the disease COVID-19? We argue that one common element is the wealth of basic and applied scientific research that provides the knowledge and tools essential in developing effective programs for addressing threats to humans and social-ecological systems. Research on various chemicals, including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, resulted in regulatory action to protect environmental and human health. Moreover, decades of research on coronaviruses, mRNA, and recently SARS-CoV-2 enabled the rapid development of vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In the present study, we explore the common elements of basic and applied scientific research breakthroughs that link chemicals, climate change, and SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and describe how scientific information was applied for protecting human health and, more broadly, socio-ecological systems. We also offer a cautionary note on the misuse and mistrust of science that is not new in human history, but unfortunately is surging in modern times. Our goal was to illustrate the critical role of scientific research to society, and we argue that research must be intentionally fostered, better funded, and applied appropriately. To that end, we offer evidence that supports the importance of investing in scientific research and, where needed, ways to counter the spread of misinformation and disinformation that undermines legitimate discourse.

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“…Departing from the extant and contemporary literature, this study is positioned inter alia on healthcare spending patterns in G7 and emerging market countries study by Jakovljevic et al. (2020), and on the studies that focus on understanding the significant impact of healthcare on growth (Albassam, 2020; Bakare and Sanmi, 2011; Mujtaba and Shahzad, 2021; Piabuo and Tieguhong, 2017; Samah et al. , 2020; Sethi et al ., 2020; Zhang et al.…”

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Dynamic inference of healthcare expenditure on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: a dynamic heterogenous panel data analysis

Abdulqadir¹,

Sa’idu²,

Adam³

et al. 2022

JEAS

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PurposeThis article investigates the dynamic implication of healthcare expenditure on economic growth in the selected ten Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000–2018.Design/methodology/approachThe study methodology included dynamic heterogenous panel, using mean group and pooled mean group estimators. The investigation of the healthcare expenditure and economic growth nexus was achieved while controlling the effects of investment, savings, labor force and life expectancy via interaction terms.FindingsThe results from linear healthcare expenditure have a significant positive impact on economic growth, while the nonlinear estimates through the interaction terms between healthcare expenditure and investment have a negative statistically significant impact on growth. The marginal effect of healthcare expenditure evaluated at the minimum and maximum level of investment is positive, suggesting the impact of health expenditure on growth does not vary with the level of investments. This result responds to the primary objective of the article.Research limitations/implicationsIn policy terms, the impact of investment on healthcare is essential to addressing future health crises. The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can never be separated from the shortages or low prioritization of health against other sectors of the economy. The article also provides an insight to policymakers on the demand for policy reform that will boost and make the health sector attractive to both domestic and foreign direct investment.Originality/valueGiven the vulnerability of SSA to the health crisis, there are limited studies to examine this phenomenon and first to address the needed investment priorities to the health sector infrastructure in SSA.

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Government spending and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa region

Cited by 10 publications

References 31 publications

The Efficiency of Educational and Healthcare public expenditures in Kosovo: A Data Envelopment Analysis Technique

The Efficiency of Educational and Healthcare public expenditures in Kosovo: A Data Envelopment Analysis Technique

The Importance of Fostering and Funding Scientific Research, and its Relevance to Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Dynamic inference of healthcare expenditure on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: a dynamic heterogenous panel data analysis

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