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2023
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[Journal:] Development Engineering [ISSN:] 2352-7285 [Volume:] 8 [Article No.:] 100113 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 1-12
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Elsevier, Amsterdam
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Using a novel large-scale dataset that links thousands of expenditure programs to the Sustainable Development Goals for over a decade, we analyze the impact of public expenditure on more than 100 different development indicators. Contrary to the single-dimensional view of evaluating expenditure in terms of overall economic growth, we take a multi-dimensional approach. Then, we assess the effectiveness of three quantitative methods for capturing expenditure effects on development: (1) regression analysis, (2) machine learning techniques, and (3) agent computing. We find that, under the existing data and for this particular task, approaches (1) and (2) have difficulties disentangling sector-specific effects (i.e., target effects in the SDG semantics), which is consistent with results in previous empirical research. In contrast, by applying a micro-founded agent-computing model of policy prioritization, we can provide empirical evidence about potential impacts and bottlenecks across a high-dimensional policy space. Our findings suggest that, in the discussion of budgeting for SDGs, one should carefully evaluate the data available, the suitability of data-driven approaches, and consider alternative methods that are richer in terms of incorporating explicit causal mechanisms and scalable to a large set of indicators.
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Public finance
Sustainable Development Goals
Regression analysis
Machine learning
Agent-based models
Impact evaluation
Open spending
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