IMF Staff Country Reports

Benin: Selected Issues

July 25, 2022

Download PDF Order a Print Copy
Order a Print Copy

Preview Citation

Format: Chicago

Benin: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed May 21, 2025

Also available in: français

Summary

This Selected Issues paper on Benin focuses on scaling up public expenditure for inclusive growth. Poverty and inequality remain relatively high in Benin despite robust economic growth over the past decade, partly reflecting the fact that public spending on education, health and social protection has not kept up with demographic trends. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will require significant increases in public spending going forward. Underspending on public health sector reflects low budget appropriations and weak implementation of capital expenditure. School enrollment rates have overall improved, with significant variations across education levels. Benchmarking and frontier analyses, respectively, suggest that there is scope to increase the level of spending on education and its efficiency. At the sectoral level, many measures could be considered to improve the inclusiveness of the government intervention. Scaling up public spending, while preserving fiscal sustainability, is needed to address large social and infrastructure gaps.

Subject: Expenditure, Health, International organization, Monetary policy, Revenue administration, Taxes

Keywords: Africa, Global, Government education expenditure in Benin, Health care spending, Nigeria border closure, Tax potential, Tax revenue performance, Taxes on trade, WAEMU peer country, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    46

  • Volume:

    ---

  • DOI:

    ---

  • Issue:

    ---

  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2022/246

  • Stock No:

    1BENEA2022003

  • ISBN:

    9798400217906

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

You May Also Be Interested In...

Republic of Kosovo: Fourth Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement and the Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Republic of Kosovo

May 21, 2025

People’s Republic of China: Advancing Risk Management for Large Taxpayers

May 20, 2025

West African Economic and Monetary Union: Selected Issues

May 19, 2025

Pakistan: First Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Modification of Performance Criteria and Request for an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainable Facility -Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Pakistan

May 17, 2025