Public Expenditure and Inclusive Growth - A Survey

This paper explores the role of public expenditure in fostering inclusive growth. It starts with a presentation of salient features of public expenditure. Then, it lays out an analytical framework that describes the channels through which public expenditure affects inequality and poverty in the shor...

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Main Author: Zouhar, Younes
Other Authors: Jellema, Jon, Lustig, Nora, Trabelsi, Mohamed
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2021
Series:IMF Working Papers
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653 |a National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures 
653 |a Economics 
653 |a Income 
653 |a Social Security and Public Pensions 
653 |a Public finance & taxation 
653 |a National Government Expenditures and Health 
653 |a Income distribution 
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653 |a Other Public Investment and Capital Stock 
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653 |a Aggregate Factor Income Distribution 
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653 |a Education 
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653 |a National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs 
653 |a Currency crises 
653 |a Education: General 
653 |a Economic growth 
653 |a International Economics 
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520 |a This paper explores the role of public expenditure in fostering inclusive growth. It starts with a presentation of salient features of public expenditure. Then, it lays out an analytical framework that describes the channels through which public expenditure affects inequality and poverty in the short and long term. Based on a review of the empirical literature, it discusses the policy options. Finally, the paper assesses the role of key factors such as the initial conditions, and the institutions, in shaping the inclusive spending policies