Changes in Public expenditure on social protection in Arab countries

This report presents the results of a pilot research on changes in public social spending after the Arab uprisings. It mainly follows two questions: (i) how has public expenditure on social protection and services developed after the initial surge in 2011 and (ii) have the savings generated by the decrease in the oil prices and the reforms of energy subsidies stayed in the social realm? The research is based on IMF and / national data as far as both are available.

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