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Public health expenditure and the rural poor in Kenya
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- © 1999 The International Bank
- ISSN
- 0257-3032
- eISSN
- 1564-6971
- DOI
- 10.1093/wbro/14.1.49
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
AbstractEducation and health care are basic services essential in any effort to combat poverty and are often subsidized with public funds to help achieve that purpose. This paper examines the effectiveness of public social spending on education and health care in several African countries and finds that these programs favor not the poor, but those who are better-off. It concludes that this targeting problem cannot be solved simply by adjusting the subsidy program. The constraints that prevent the poor from taking advantage of these services must also be addressed if the public subsidies are to be effective.
Journal
The World Bank Research Observer – Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 1, 1999