Are the Poor Protected from Budget Cuts? Theory and Evidence for Argentina

Are the Poor Protected from Budget Cuts? Theory and Evidence for Argentina

Adjustment programs often emphasize protecting social spending - especially pro-poor spending - from cuts. Yet the incidence of fiscal contraction - and hence the case for action to protect public spending on the poor at a time of overall fiscal austerity - is an empirical question, which the author...

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Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Format: Publications & Research
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
poverty reduction strategies
budget cuts
adjustment programs
social support
fiscal contraction
public spending
aggregate variability
social insurance programs
employment strategies
political constraints
accounting
basic education
borrowing
employment programs
government spending
health insurance
household income
housing
income
income support
insurance
macroeconomic stability
municipalities
negative externalities
political economy
political power
political support
poor
poverty measures
poverty programs
provincial governments
provincial spending
savings
social assistance
social funds
social spending
targeting
tax
taxation
unemployment
unemployment rate
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21409

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