Welfare, Shocks, and Government Spending on Social Protection Programs in Lesotho
This paper assesses the performance of government spending on social protection programs in reducing poverty and inequality in Lesotho, applying benefit incidence and microsimulation methods to 2017-2018 household survey data. The paper investigates the distributional effects of actual spending on social protection programs as well as those of a hypothetical alternative in which the spending is targeted through a proxy means test (PMT) formula used by the government for some programs. In addition, the paper explores the responsiveness of social protection programs to adverse shocks commonly reported by households in Lesotho, where recent natural shocks have had substantial economic effects.
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dig-okr-10986350462024-08-07T18:43:17Z Welfare, Shocks, and Government Spending on Social Protection Programs in Lesotho Boko, Joachim Raju, Dhushyanth Younger, Stephen D. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS ECONOMIC SHOCK POVERTY VULNERABILITY POVERTY LINE INEQUALITY FOOD PRICE SUBSIDY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SAFETY NETS This paper assesses the performance of government spending on social protection programs in reducing poverty and inequality in Lesotho, applying benefit incidence and microsimulation methods to 2017-2018 household survey data. The paper investigates the distributional effects of actual spending on social protection programs as well as those of a hypothetical alternative in which the spending is targeted through a proxy means test (PMT) formula used by the government for some programs. In addition, the paper explores the responsiveness of social protection programs to adverse shocks commonly reported by households in Lesotho, where recent natural shocks have had substantial economic effects. 2021-01-25T17:15:20Z 2021-01-25T17:15:20Z 2021-01 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/565611611130214788/Welfare-Shocks-and-Government-Spending-on-Social-Protection-Programs-in-Lesotho https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35046 English Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper;No. 2102 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf World Bank, Washington, DC |
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PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS ECONOMIC SHOCK POVERTY VULNERABILITY POVERTY LINE INEQUALITY FOOD PRICE SUBSIDY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SAFETY NETS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS ECONOMIC SHOCK POVERTY VULNERABILITY POVERTY LINE INEQUALITY FOOD PRICE SUBSIDY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SAFETY NETS Boko, Joachim Raju, Dhushyanth Younger, Stephen D. Welfare, Shocks, and Government Spending on Social Protection Programs in Lesotho |
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This paper assesses the performance of
government spending on social protection programs in
reducing poverty and inequality in Lesotho, applying benefit
incidence and microsimulation methods to 2017-2018 household
survey data. The paper investigates the distributional
effects of actual spending on social protection programs as
well as those of a hypothetical alternative in which the
spending is targeted through a proxy means test (PMT)
formula used by the government for some programs. In
addition, the paper explores the responsiveness of social
protection programs to adverse shocks commonly reported by
households in Lesotho, where recent natural shocks have had
substantial economic effects. |
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PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS ECONOMIC SHOCK POVERTY VULNERABILITY POVERTY LINE INEQUALITY FOOD PRICE SUBSIDY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SAFETY NETS |
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Boko, Joachim Raju, Dhushyanth Younger, Stephen D. |
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Boko, Joachim Raju, Dhushyanth Younger, Stephen D. |
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Boko, Joachim |
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Welfare, Shocks, and Government Spending on Social Protection Programs in Lesotho |
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Welfare, Shocks, and Government Spending on Social Protection Programs in Lesotho |
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Welfare, Shocks, and Government Spending on Social Protection Programs in Lesotho |
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Welfare, Shocks, and Government Spending on Social Protection Programs in Lesotho |
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Welfare, Shocks, and Government Spending on Social Protection Programs in Lesotho |
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welfare, shocks, and government spending on social protection programs in lesotho |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/565611611130214788/Welfare-Shocks-and-Government-Spending-on-Social-Protection-Programs-in-Lesotho https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35046 |
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