TY - BOOK ID - 135910791 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 - Saudi Arabia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135910791 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 -