TY - BOOK ID - 14277986 TI - The Effects of Fiscal Policieson the Economic Development of Women in the Middle East and North Africa AU - Laframboise, Nicole. AU - Trumbic, Tea. AU - International Monetary Fund. PY - 2003 SN - 1451875851 1462312322 1451920458 9786613879165 1452754063 1283566710 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Women KW - Taxation KW - Fiscal policy KW - Economic conditions. KW - Social conditions. KW - Middle East KW - Africa, North KW - Social policy. KW - Tax policy KW - Duties KW - Fee system (Taxation) KW - Tax reform KW - Taxation, Incidence of KW - Taxes KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Government policy KW - Barbary States KW - Maghreb KW - Maghrib KW - North Africa KW - Asia, South West KW - Asia, Southwest KW - Asia, Western KW - East (Middle East) KW - Eastern Mediterranean KW - Fertile Crescent KW - Levant KW - Mediterranean Region, Eastern KW - Mideast KW - Near East KW - Northern Tier (Middle East) KW - South West Asia KW - Southwest Asia KW - Economic policy KW - Finance, Public KW - Revenue KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Asia, West KW - West Asia KW - Western Asia KW - Orient KW - Public Finance KW - Women''s Studies' KW - Economics of Gender KW - Non-labor Discrimination KW - Education: General KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Health: General KW - National Government Expenditures and Health KW - Gender studies KW - women & girls KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Education KW - Health economics KW - Expenditure KW - Health KW - Health care spending KW - Gender KW - Expenditures, Public KW - United States KW - Women & girls KW - Women's Studies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14277986 AB - Statistics indicate that the economic and social development of women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) compares unfavorably with most regions in the world. This paper assesses the influence of government expenditure and taxation policies on the economic and social welfare of women in the region. On the expenditure side, we test the explanatory power of public social spending in the determination of key female social indicators. We find that the relatively weak social outcomes for MENA women are not explained by the amount of government social spending, suggesting the answer lies in the efficiency and reach of present spending. With respect to taxation, the main issues in the literature on gender bias in taxation are highlighted and applied in a general manner to the MENA context. Some simple policy recommendations are suggested. ER -