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Replication Data for: Governance and the effectiveness of public health subsidies: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda

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Title Replication Data for: Governance and the effectiveness of public health subsidies: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2ELQNE
 
Creator Dizon-Ross, Rebecca
Dupas, Pascaline
Robinson, Jonathan
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Distributing subsidized health products through existing health infrastructure could substantially and cost-effectively improve health in sub-Saharan Africa. There is, however, widespread concern that poor gov- ernance – in particular, limited health worker accountability – seriously undermines the effectiveness of subsidy programs. We audit targeted bed net distribution programs to quantify the extent of agency prob- lems. We find that around 80% of the eligible receive the subsidy as intended, and up to 15% of subsidies are leaked to ineligible people. Supplementing the program with simple financial or monitoring incentives for health workers does not improve performance further and is thus not cost-effective in this context.
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Contributor Carlos, Marisa