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

By 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, Mr.Mohammed Zaher

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

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