Public Service Provision, User Fees, and Political Turmoil
Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Working Paper No. 155
23 Pages Posted: 10 Sep 2004
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Public Service Provision, User Fees, and Political Turmoil
Public Service Provision, User Fees and Political Turmoil
Date Written: January 2004
Abstract
Following an electoral dispute, the central highlands of the island of Madagascar were subjected to an economic blockade during the first half of 2002. After the blockade ended in June 2002, user fees for health services and school fees were progressively eliminated. This paper examines the provision of schooling and health services to rural areas of Madagascar before, during, and after the blockade. We find that public services were more resilient to the blockade than initially anticipated, but that health services were more affected than schools. The removal of user fees had a large significant effect on public services that is distinct from the end of the blockade and the increase in school book provision.
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