TY - BOOK ID - 133511355 TI - Social Spending for Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia AU - Mathai, Koshy. AU - Al-Farah, Rayah. AU - Bukhari, Hatim. AU - Chaudry, Atif. AU - Duenwald, Christoph. AU - El-Said, Moataz. AU - Guscina, Anastasia. PY - 2020 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Purchasing power parity. KW - Education spending KW - Education KW - Education: General KW - Equity and social spending KW - Expenditure KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Health care spending KW - Health economics KW - Health KW - Health: General KW - Inclusive growth KW - Middle East and Central Asia KW - National Government Expenditures and Education KW - National Government Expenditures and Health KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Public Finance KW - Social protection spending KW - Saudi Arabia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133511355 AB - 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?. ER -