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Social Spending for Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia
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Mr. Koshy Mathai
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Mr. Christoph Duenwald
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Ms. Anastasia Guscina
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Rayah Al-Farah https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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Moataz El-Said
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Tetyana Sydorenko
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Series:
Departmental Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2020: Issue 012
Language:
English
Publication Date:
29 Sep 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513553115.087
ISBN:
9781513553115
ISSN:
2616-5333
Pages:
109
Keywords:
Social spending; Social protection; Inclusive growth; DPPP; DP; IMF staff calculation; spend; purchasing power parity; spending efficiency; IMF emergency financing operation; health care spending adequacy; care spending; public health care spending; wasteful spending; consumption expenditure; foreign-aid-funded spending; infant mortality; Health care spending; Education spending; Middle East and Central Asia; Global
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The Departmental Paper Series presents research by IMF staff on issues of broad regional or cross-country interest. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.
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This paper examines the role of social spending in improving socioeconomic outcomes in the Middle East and Central Asia. In particular, it addresses the following questions: (1) how large is social spending across the region? (2) how do countries in the region fare on socioeconomic outcomes? (3) how important is social spending as a determinant of these outcomes? and (4) how efficient is social spending in the region?
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