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100			_aCastro-Leal, Florencia, et al.
245			_aPublic social spending in Africa: do the poor benefit?
260			_c1999
300			_ap.49-72
362			_aFeb
520			_aEducation 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 healthcare 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. - Reproduced
650			_aHealth services - Africa
650			_aEducation - Africa
650			_aPoor - Africa
650			_aSocial services - Africa
650			_aSocial services
773			_aWorld Bank Research Observer
909			_a41140
999			_c41140 _d41140