Pakistan : Selected Issues.

This Selected Issues paper provides an overview of social safety nets (SSNs) in Pakistan and uses a frontier analysis approach to assess their efficiency in reducing poverty and inequality. SSNs in Pakistan were significantly strengthened over time but remain small against regional and emerging mark...

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مؤلف مشترك: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept
التنسيق: دورية
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
سلاسل:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2017/213
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Full text available on IMF
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520 3 |a This Selected Issues paper provides an overview of social safety nets (SSNs) in Pakistan and uses a frontier analysis approach to assess their efficiency in reducing poverty and inequality. SSNs in Pakistan were significantly strengthened over time but remain small against regional and emerging markets' averages. The analysis suggests that stepping up public expenditure in SSNs is needed to alleviate still high poverty and inequality. To this end, finalizing the update of the Benazir Income Support Program beneficiaries' database, broadening its coverage, and stepping up educational transfers is key. In parallel, continuing the energy subsidies reform would create fiscal space to strengthen SSNs and priority social spending. 
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