Synopsis: Subnational public expenditures, short term household level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria

This study estimates the effects of the shares of subnational public expenditure (PE) for agriculture, health, education, and social-welfare, as well as PE-size, on household-level outcomes, using nationally representative panel household data and district and state-level PE data for Nigeria. We fin...

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Autores principales: Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Balana, Bedru, Smart, Jenny, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi, Andam, Kwaw S.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143910
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author Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Balana, Bedru
Smart, Jenny
Edeh, Hyacinth O.
Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi
Andam, Kwaw S.
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Balana, Bedru
Edeh, Hyacinth O.
Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi
Smart, Jenny
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
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Balana, Bedru
Smart, Jenny
Edeh, Hyacinth O.
Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi
Andam, Kwaw S.
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description This study estimates the effects of the shares of subnational public expenditure (PE) for agriculture, health, education, and social-welfare, as well as PE-size, on household-level outcomes, using nationally representative panel household data and district and state-level PE data for Nigeria. We find that greater shares of total PE allocated to agriculture, health, and social-welfare, conditional on PE-size, generally have positive effects on household consumption levels, poverty reduction, and non-farm business capital investments by households. A greater share of total PE for agriculture also positively benefits household dietary diversity across seasons. Moreover, household economic resilience, measured in terms of the economic flexibility a household has to shift between farming and non-farm activities, is more greatly enhanced through greater shares of total PE going towards agriculture than to health and social-welfare. These multi-dimensional benefits of greater PE for agriculture are particularly worthy of attention in countries, like Nigeria, which have historically allocated a low share of total PE to agriculture.
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spelling CGSpace1439102025-11-06T04:22:31Z Synopsis: Subnational public expenditures, short term household level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria Takeshima, Hiroyuki Balana, Bedru Smart, Jenny Edeh, Hyacinth O. Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi Andam, Kwaw S. expenditure social structure public expenditures poverty alleviation consumption households welfare agriculture household consumption resilience This study estimates the effects of the shares of subnational public expenditure (PE) for agriculture, health, education, and social-welfare, as well as PE-size, on household-level outcomes, using nationally representative panel household data and district and state-level PE data for Nigeria. We find that greater shares of total PE allocated to agriculture, health, and social-welfare, conditional on PE-size, generally have positive effects on household consumption levels, poverty reduction, and non-farm business capital investments by households. A greater share of total PE for agriculture also positively benefits household dietary diversity across seasons. Moreover, household economic resilience, measured in terms of the economic flexibility a household has to shift between farming and non-farm activities, is more greatly enhanced through greater shares of total PE going towards agriculture than to health and social-welfare. These multi-dimensional benefits of greater PE for agriculture are particularly worthy of attention in countries, like Nigeria, which have historically allocated a low share of total PE to agriculture. 2021-10-19 2024-05-22T12:18:00Z 2024-05-22T12:18:00Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143910 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134672 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133854 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133848 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135843 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Balana, Bedru; Smart, Jenny; Edeh, Hyacinth; Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi; and Andam, Kwaw S. 2021. Synopsis: Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria. NSSP 54. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134674.
spellingShingle expenditure
social structure
public expenditures
poverty alleviation
consumption
households
welfare
agriculture
household consumption
resilience
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Balana, Bedru
Smart, Jenny
Edeh, Hyacinth O.
Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi
Andam, Kwaw S.
Synopsis: Subnational public expenditures, short term household level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria
title Synopsis: Subnational public expenditures, short term household level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria
title_full Synopsis: Subnational public expenditures, short term household level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria
title_fullStr Synopsis: Subnational public expenditures, short term household level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Synopsis: Subnational public expenditures, short term household level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria
title_short Synopsis: Subnational public expenditures, short term household level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria
title_sort synopsis subnational public expenditures short term household level welfare and economic resilience evidence from nigeria
topic expenditure
social structure
public expenditures
poverty alleviation
consumption
households
welfare
agriculture
household consumption
resilience
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143910
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