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The Economics of Faith-Based Service Delivery provides the first ever comprehensive empirical assessment of the role that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) play in the supply of health care and education services in sub-Saharan Africa. Wodon focuses on estimating the market share, reach to the poor, and cost for households that rely on FIIs as opposed to public and private secular providers of education and health care services. He also analyzes the causes of user reliance on FIIs, the comparative performance of FIIs, and the level of satisfaction among those that use their services. The Economics of Faith-Based Service Delivery is an innovate combination of previously untapped nationally representative household surveys, qualitative fieldwork, and insights from the fields of religious studies and social economics.
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Quentin Wodon is an Adviser and Coordinator in the Education Global Practice at the World Bank.
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Book Title: The Economics of Faith-Based Service Delivery
Book Subtitle: Education and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Quentin Wodon
Series Title: Perspectives from Social Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137348463
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38150-7Published: 27 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-34846-3Published: 28 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2662-396X
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3978
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 272
Topics: International Economics, African Culture, Regional/Spatial Science, Development Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics