Koshy Mathai, Christoph K. Duenwald, Anastasia Guscina, Rayah Al-Farah, H. Bukhari, A. Chaudry, M. El-Said, Fozan Fareed, Kerstin Gerling, Nghia-Piotr Le, Franto Ricka, C. Serra, T. Sydorenko, Sébastien E. J. Walker, M. Zaher
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Abstract
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?