Jordan : Restructuring Public Expenditures and Protecting the Poor /

In Jordan, a system of general food subsidies became untenable in budgetary terms, with a sharp devaluation of the dinar in the late 1980s. A shift from a general subsidy system to limited rations would greatly reduce budgetary costs and minimize adverse effects on the poor. To reduce subsidies, the...

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Autor principal: Ahmad, Ehtisham
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
coleção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/082
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF