Andrew Sunil Rajkumar|Vinaya Swaroop
Public spending and outcomes: Does governance matter?
World Bank|World Bank
paper studies links public spending governance outcomes examine role governancemeasured level corruption quality bureaucracyin determining efficacy public spending improving human development outcomes analysis contributes understanding relationship public spending governance outcomes helps explain surprising result public spending often yield expected improvement outcomes show empirically differences efficacy public spending largely explained quality governance public health spending lowers child mortality rates countries good governance similarly public spending primary education becomes effective increasing primary education attainment countries good governance generally public spending virtually impact health education outcomes poorly governed countries findings important implications enhancing development effectiveness public spending lessons particularly relevant developing countries public spending education health relatively low state governance often poor