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Fiscal Space and Public Spending on Children in Burkina Faso

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  • John Cockburn
  • Helene Maisonnave

    (ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université)

  • Véronique Robichaud
  • Luca Tiberti

    (ULaval - Université Laval [Québec])

Abstract
Despite experiencing high growth rates in recent decades, Burkina Faso remains a poor country. Poverty among children is particularly worrying, as it has long term (and often irreversible) effects on individuals. Furthermore, it can be transmitted from one generation to the next and significantly reduce economic growth. To address this issue requires fiscal and budgetary policies supporting health, education and improving the household economy. At the same time,
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  • John Cockburn & Helene Maisonnave & Véronique Robichaud & Luca Tiberti, 2019. "Fiscal Space and Public Spending on Children in Burkina Faso," Working Papers hal-02314223, HAL.
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    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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