Resource Type: Report
Published: August 2018

Resource Description: Fiscal space for health is the capacity of a government/state to provide additional resources for health without endangering its long-term financial position and economic stability. This report assesses all potential sources of fiscal space for health in Benue State including macro-economic conditions, re-prioritization of health sector within government’s existing expenditure envelope, earmarking for health and increasing resources from external sources. A fifth potential source of fiscal space obtaining efficiency gains from improving the quality of spending is not assessed in detail but relevant information from a concurrently implemented public expenditure review is included here. Data collection methods included key informant interviews, desk reviews and secondary data
compilation.