Do targeted intergovernmental fiscal transfers improve health outcomes? Evidence from Kenyan decentralization using the difference-in-differences technique
Our results imply that targeted intergovernmental fiscal transfers may be effective at improving some subnational health outcomes, and therefore in reducing within-country health inequalities.
Authors
- Momotazur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8592-3511)
- Richard G. Wamai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6566-5159)
- Lawrence Were (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1347-3686)
- Omar Galárraga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-9266)
- Bishnu Bahadur Thapa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-0893)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Northeastern University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Department of Health Services (NP)
- Department of Health Services (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Research Policy and Systems
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01272-x
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.46