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

Author/Editor: Koshy Mathai, Christoph Duenwald, Anastasia Guscina, Rayah Al-Farah, Hatim Bukhari, Atif Chaudry, Moataz El-Said, Fozan Fareed, Kerstin Gerling, Nghia-Piotr Le, Franto Ricka, Cesar Serra, Tetyana Sydorenko, Sébastien Walker, Mohammed Zaher.

Release Date:September, 2020

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 more...



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Designing Fiscal Redistribution: The Role of Universal and Targeted Transfers

Author/Editor: David Coady, Nghia-Piotr Le.

Release Date:June, 2020

There is a growing debate on the relative merits of universal and targeted social assistance transfers in achieving income redistribution objectives. While the benefits of targeting are clear, i.e., more...



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Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Remain Large: An Update Based on Country-Level Estimates

Author/Editor: David Coady, Ian Parry, Nghia-Piotr Le, Baoping Shang.

Release Date:May, 2019

This paper updates estimates of fossil fuel subsidies, defined as fuel consumption times the gap between existing and efficient prices (i.e., prices warranted by supply costs, environmental costs, more...



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