III Social Safety Nets
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Mrs. Ritha S. Khemani
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Marijn Verhoeven https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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13 Jan 2000
Keywords:
OP; social policy; policy; implementation of social policies; IMF's social policy advice; IMF expertise; IMF mission; adjustment program; IMF surveillance; housing subsidy program; Social assistance spending; Unemployment benefits; Social protection spending; Pension spending; Tax allowances

Abstract

In countries where the authorities could foresee that reform measures would have a sizable adverse social impact, the policy mix and sequencing have aimed to take this impact into account within a sustainable macroeconomic framework. For instance, IMF-supported programs have aimed to phase out subsidies for food and other items gradually, rather than at once (e.g., Indonesia, 1998; and Senegal, 1994-95). The adverse impact, however, cannot be totally eliminated even with an appropriate policy mix and sequencing. For instance, a change in relative prices that hurts the poor–such as a devaluation that could adversely effect the urban poor through increasing prices of imported products–may be at the heart of a reform program. A tension may emerge, therefore, between stabilization and social protection objectives.

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Cover Social Issues in IMF-Supported Programs
Social Issues in IMF-Supported Programs
ISBN:
9781557758736
ISSN:
0251-6365
Publication Date:
13 Jan 2000
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557758736.084
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