## What Happens to Social Spending in IMF-Supported Programs?

_Staff Discussion Notes, August 31, 2011_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Masahiro Nozaki, Benedict J. Clements, Sanjeev Gupta
- Published: August 31, 2011
- Series: Staff Discussion Notes
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781463935146.006

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### Overview
- Title: What Happens to Social Spending in IMF-Supported Programs?
- Authors: Masahiro Nozaki, Benedict J. Clements, Sanjeev Gupta
- Series: Staff Discussion Notes No. 2011/015
- Issue: 015
- Volume: 2011
- Pages: 19
- Publication date: August 31, 2011
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781463935146.006
- ISBN: 9781463935146
- ISSN: 2617-6750
- Stock No: SDNEA2011015

### Purpose and Scope
- Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate.
- These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues.
- This Web-only series replaced Staff Position Notes in January 2011.

### Subject Coverage and Keywords
- Subject: Education spending, Expenditure, Health, Health care spending, Total expenditures
- Keywords: GDP, IMF staff calculation, percentage, program country, SDN, spending

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*Source: IMF Staff Discussion Note — "What Happens to Social Spending in IMF-Supported Programs?", Staff Discussion Notes No. 2011/015*

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