Does allocation of public spending matter in poverty reduction?: Evidence from Thailand

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.coverage.countryThailand
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TH
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.creator.identifierShenggen Fan: 0000-0002-2658-4863
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8381.2008.00284.x
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn1351-3958
cg.issn1467-8381
cg.issue4
cg.journalAsian Economic Journal
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.volume22
dc.contributor.authorFan, Shenggen
dc.contributor.authorYu, Bingxin
dc.contributor.authorJitsuchon, Somchai
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T10:02:38Zen
dc.date.available2024-11-21T10:02:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/162370
dc.titleDoes allocation of public spending matter in poverty reduction?: Evidence from Thailanden
dcterms.abstractThe present paper uses a panel dataset to estimate the marginal returns to different types of government expenditure on agricultural growth and rural poverty reduction in Thailand. The study finds that additional government spending on agricultural research provides the largest return in terms of agricultural productivity and has the second largest impact on rural poverty reduction. Increased investment in rural electrification has the largest poverty reduction impact, mainly through improved nonfarm employment. Rural education has the third largest impact on both productivity and poverty reduction. Irrigation has a positive impact on agricultural productivity, but regional variation is considerable. Government spending on rural roads has no significant impact on agricultural productivity and its poverty reduction impact ranks last among all investment alternatives considered. Additional investment in the Northeast Region has a greater impact on poverty reduction than in other regions.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2008-12-11
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFan, Shenggen; Yu, Bingxin; Jitsuchon, Somchai. 2008. Does allocation of public spending matter in poverty reduction? Asian Economic Journal Asian Economic Journal 22(4): 411-430en
dcterms.extentpp. 411-430
dcterms.issued2008-12
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWiley
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/821
dcterms.subjectpublic expenditureen
dcterms.subjectproductivityen
dcterms.subjectpoverty alleviationen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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