## A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending

_Policy Papers, June 14, 2019_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: June 14, 2019
- Series: Policy Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498318884.007

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### Summary and Context
- Interest in social spending issues has intensified over the last decade.
- This reflects concerns about rising inequality and the need to support vulnerable groups, especially in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
- The Fund has increased its engagement on social spending issues.
- This paper outlines a strategy to guide IMF engagement on social spending issues going forward.

### Major Themes and Subject Areas
- Economic growth
- Education spending
- Expenditure
- Health care spending
- Inclusive growth
- Income inequality
- National accounts
- Social assistance spending

### Keywords and Focus Areas
- Education spending
- effectiveness
- engagement on Social Spending
- financing constraint
- fund
- Global
- Health care spending
- IMF engagement
- IMF Executive Board Supports New Strategy for engagement
- IMF surveillance
- Inclusive growth
- Income inequality
- policy trade-off
- program policy advice
- Social assistance spending
- social spending
- spending
- spending issue
- Spending strategy

### Publication and Availability
- Publication title: A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending
- Publication date: June 14, 2019
- Pages: 56
- Volume: 2019
- Issue: 016
- Series: Policy Paper No. 2019/016
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498318884.007
- Stock No: PPEA2019016
- ISBN: 9781498318884
- ISSN: 2663-3493
- Also available in العربية, русский, 中文, español, français, 日本語
- Format: PDF available for download; print copy available to order

*International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept., International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, &, and Review Department. "A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending", Policy Papers 2019, 016 (2019).*

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