Fiscal capacity and public health expenditure in Zimbabwe
Public healthcare financing is important for achieving one of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the goal of healthy living and well-being (SDG3). Understanding the impact of fiscal capacity on public healthcare financing helps in assessing the government’s commitment towards attaining S...
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| author | Tamisai Chipunza Senia Nhamo |
| author2 | Department of Economic Sciences, Midlands State University, Mercia, Zimbabwe |
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| description | Public healthcare financing is important for achieving one of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the goal of healthy living and well-being (SDG3). Understanding the impact of fiscal capacity on public healthcare financing helps in assessing the government’s commitment towards attaining SDG3. The study sought to investigate the relationship between fiscal capacity and public health expenditure in Zimbabwe. An Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model was estimated using annual time series data for the period 1980–2017. The results of the ARDL model were validated using the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) and Canonical Cointegrating Regression (CCR) methods. The study found that fiscal capacity (measured as the ratio of tax revenue to GDP) impacted positively on public health expenditure. The results suggest that following an improvement in resources, the government prioritised the health sector. The study recommends that the government continues to prioritise health in the national budget to enhance the country’s achievement of SDG3. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-55962023-05-04T11:33:39Z Fiscal capacity and public health expenditure in Zimbabwe Tamisai Chipunza Senia Nhamo Department of Economic Sciences, Midlands State University, Mercia, Zimbabwe Department of Economics, University of South Africa, Mercia, South Africa Public health expenditure Fiscal capacity Tax revenue ARDL model Gross domestic product Zimbabwe Public healthcare financing is important for achieving one of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the goal of healthy living and well-being (SDG3). Understanding the impact of fiscal capacity on public healthcare financing helps in assessing the government’s commitment towards attaining SDG3. The study sought to investigate the relationship between fiscal capacity and public health expenditure in Zimbabwe. An Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model was estimated using annual time series data for the period 1980–2017. The results of the ARDL model were validated using the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) and Canonical Cointegrating Regression (CCR) methods. The study found that fiscal capacity (measured as the ratio of tax revenue to GDP) impacted positively on public health expenditure. The results suggest that following an improvement in resources, the government prioritised the health sector. The study recommends that the government continues to prioritise health in the national budget to enhance the country’s achievement of SDG3. 11 1 2023-05-04T11:32:37Z 2023-05-04T11:32:37Z 2023-02-13 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5596 https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2023.2175459 en Cogent Economics and Finance 2332-2039 open Taylor and Francis Group |
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| title | Fiscal capacity and public health expenditure in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Fiscal capacity and public health expenditure in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Fiscal capacity and public health expenditure in Zimbabwe |
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| title_short | Fiscal capacity and public health expenditure in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | fiscal capacity and public health expenditure in zimbabwe |
| topic | Public health expenditure Fiscal capacity Tax revenue ARDL model Gross domestic product Zimbabwe |
| url | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5596 https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2023.2175459 |
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