Poor amenities
• Developing countries devote more than a third of their budgets on education, healthcare, water and sanitation services, but little is actually spent on the poor
• The poor often pay more than the rich for the same goods and travel longer distances to avail basic services
• India's richest fifth receives thrice the curative healthcare subsidy of the poorest fifth
• Travel to the nearest primary school in Mali at 8 kilometres (km) or the nearest medical facility in Chad at 23 km are unaffordable although the service is free
• A Mexican programme giving cash to the poor for visiting a clinic and sending their children to school reduced illness among children by 20 per cent and increased secondary enrolment by 5 to 8 per cent
Source: World Development Report 2004, The World Bank Group, Washington
Absentee service
High absence rates in public facilities reflect a low quality of service | | Primary
schools | Primary
health
facilities | Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Uttaranchal
Rajasthan
Karnataka
West Bengal
Gujarat
Haryana
Kerala
Punjab
Tamil Nadu
Orissa | 26
34
26
39
33
24
20
23
15
24
23
37
21
23 |
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