Statistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development (SPEED)

dc.creatorInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.date2010
dc.date2024-10-01T14:04:57Z
dc.date2024-10-01T14:04:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:03:36Z
dc.descriptionIn many developing countries, weak institutions and fiscal mismanagement often lead to poor access and weak delivery of public services, such as health, education, and basic infrastructure. Improving the efficiency of public spending is an important economic and political tool, along with good governance and a strong revenue stream, for improved public sector management. An efficient public sector serves an important role in a country's economic development by promoting adequate and appropriate allocation of resources. Even small steps toward prudent fiscal management can benefit the poor and other disadvantaged groups by allowing the provision of effective and targeted public services. A better understanding of the linkages between public expenditure and development can provide insights for poverty reduction strategies and key development goals. With this objective, IFPRI has compiled the Statistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development (SPEED) database, providing the most comprehensive and publicly available public expenditure information for 67 countries and six sectors: agriculture, education, health, defense, social protection, and transportation and communication, for the time period 1980-2007. The SPEED database is available for use by researchers, policymakers, donors, and others in the development community for a variety of economic and policy applications.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154935
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/93356
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceInternational Food Policy Research Institute. 2010. Statistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development (SPEED). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154935
dc.subjectpublic expenditure
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectsocial protection
dc.subjecttransport
dc.subjectcommunication
dc.titleStatistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development (SPEED)
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