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Taille Optimale De L’Etat En Rd Congo
[Optimal Size Of Government In The Democratic Republic Of Congo]

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  • LONZO LUBU, Gastonfils

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This study assesses the optimal size of government in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It uses the time series data over the period 1961-2013 and is based on a model using the Armey curve. It takes into account the possible effects of composition of public expenditure (wages and salaries, subsidies and transfers, education, health, infrastructure and public works, defense institutions, internal and external debt, public investment ...).The empirical results point out that the optimal size of government in the DRC is estimated at 25% between 1961 and 2013 against a staff level of 21%. It is 22% between 2001 and 2013. They show that the state spends well below its potential growth. The study also shows the weakness in spending on human capital including education, health and economic infrastructure, while the state continues to increase its expenditure composition of political institutions and defense spending significantly to beyond its potential.

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  • LONZO LUBU, Gastonfils, 2014. "Taille Optimale De L’Etat En Rd Congo [Optimal Size Of Government In The Democratic Republic Of Congo]," MPRA Paper 60715, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Public expenditure; economic growth; optimal size of the state; curve Armey;
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    JEL classification:

    • C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government

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