Policy Papers

A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending: Case Studies

June 14, 2019

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International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept., International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, &, and Review Department. "A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending: Case Studies", Policy Papers 2019, 018 (2019), accessed 12/5/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498318921.007

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Summary

This paper uses case studies to explore the nature and extent of past IMF engagement on social spending issues and to draw lessons for future engagement.

Subject: Education, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal sustainability, Health care spending, Labor, Pension spending, Social assistance spending

Keywords: Africa, fiscal policy, Fiscal sustainability, Health care spending, IMF engagement, IMF Policy, IMF staff, IMF-supported program, Pension spending, Policy advice, PP, public spending, Social assistance spending, spending efficiency