Social Spending for Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia
Departmental Papers, September 29, 2020
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- Authors: Koshy Mathai, Christoph Duenwald, Anastasia Guscina, Rayah Al-Farah, Hatim Bukhari, Atif Chaudry, Moataz El-Said, Fozan Fareed, Kerstin Gerling, Nghia-Piotr Le, Franto Ricka, Cesar Serra, Tetyana Sydorenko, Sébastien Walker, Mohammed Zaher
- Published: September 29, 2020
- Series: Departmental Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513553115.087
Summary
- This paper examines the role of social spending in improving socioeconomic outcomes in the Middle East and Central Asia.
- It addresses four core 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?
- (4) how efficient is social spending in the region?
Authors and Publication Data
- Authors: Koshy Mathai, Christoph Duenwald, Anastasia Guscina, Rayah Al-Farah, Hatim Bukhari, Atif Chaudry, Moataz El-Said, Fozan Fareed, Kerstin Gerling, Nghia-Piotr Le, Franto Ricka, Cesar Serra, Tetyana Sydorenko, Sébastien Walker, Mohammed Zaher
- Publication date: September 29, 2020
- Series: Departmental Paper No. 2020/012
- Issue: 012
- Volume: 2020
- Pages: 109
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513553115.087
- ISBN: 9781513553115
- ISSN: 2616-5333
Scope and Topics Covered
- Regional focus: Middle East and Central Asia
- Main subject areas: Education, Education spending, Equity and social spending, Expenditure, Health, Health care spending, Inclusive growth, Middle East and Central Asia, Social protection spending
- Keywords explicitly included in the source:
- care spending, consumption expenditure, DP, DPPP, Education spending, foreign-aid-funded spending, Global, Health care spending, health care spending adequacy, IMF emergency financing operation, IMF staff calculation, Inclusive growth, infant mortality, Middle East and Central Asia, public health care spending, purchasing power parity, Social protection, Social spending, spend, spending efficiency, wasteful spending
Analytical Focus (as stated in the source)
- Measurement of the size of social spending across the region.
- Assessment of socioeconomic outcomes for countries in the region.
- Evaluation of the importance of social spending as a determinant of socioeconomic outcomes.
- Analysis of the efficiency of social spending in the region.
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- Available via IMF eLibrary in multiple formats.
- Languages: Also available in العربية, русский, français.
Social Spending for Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia, Departmental Papers 2020, 012 (2020), Koshy Mathai et al., September 29, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513553115.087
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