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A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending: Case Studies

June 14, 2019

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A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending: Case Studies, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed November 21, 2024

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

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    76

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Series:

    Policy Paper No. 2019/018

  • Stock No:

    PPEA2019018

  • ISBN:

    9781498318921

  • ISSN:

    2663-3493

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