Social Spending for Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia

Author: Mr. Koshy Mathai, Mr. Christoph Duenwald, Ms. Anastasia Guscina, Rayah Al-Farah, Mr. Hatim Bukhari, Mr. Atif Chaudry, Moataz El-Said, Fozan Fareed, Mrs. Kerstin Gerling, Nghia-Piotr Le, Mr. Franto Ricka, Mr. Cesar Serra, Tetyana Sydorenko, Mr. Sébastien Walker, and Mr. Mohammed Zaher

This paper examines the role of social spending in improving socioeconomic outcomes in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Volume/Issue: Volume 2020 Issue 012

Publication date: September 2020

ISBN: 9781513553115

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Public Finance , Social spending , Social protection , Inclusive growth , DPPP , DP , IMF staff calculation , spend , purchasing power parity , spending efficiency , IMF emergency financing operation , health care spending adequacy , care spending , public health care spending , wasteful spending , consumption expenditure , foreign-aid-funded spending , infant mortality , Health care spending , Education spending , Middle East and Central Asia , Global

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Summary

This paper examines the role of social spending in improving socioeconomic outcomes in the Middle East and Central Asia. In particular, it addresses the following 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? and (4) how efficient is social spending in the region?