Economic Transition and Social Protection: Issues and Agenda for Reform

December 1, 1998

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Sanjeev Gupta. Economic Transition and Social Protection: Issues and Agenda for Reform, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

This paper briefly describes the factors constraining the social protection policies in the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union (BRO). The analysis considers public spending in social programs, including generalized subsidies for goods and consumer services, pensions, unemployment-related and social benefits, and education and health care. The paper then lists policies that can help mitigate the worsening living standards of the poor and the vulnerable in a fiscally sustainable manner.

Subject: Education, Expenditure, Health, Health care, Pension spending, Social security contributions, Tax allowances, Taxes

Keywords: Age dependency rate, Baltics, Benefit, Benefit structure, BRO, Budget, Health care, PDP, Pension spending, Pension system reform, Reform, Social Protection, Social security contributions, Staff, Tax allowances, Transition, Untargeted benefit, Wage, Wage bill

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14
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Policy Discussion Paper No. 1998/014
Stock No:

PPIEA0141998
ISBN:

9781451967760
ISSN:

1564-5193

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