Where is the Money Coming From? Ten Stylized Facts on Financing Social Protection Responses to COVID-19
The unprecedented and ongoing scale-up of social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic dwarf the response to the Great Recession. But how are countries financing such scale-up efforts? This note lays out ten stylized findings from a rapid review of social protection financing sources in thirty-one countries, including in terms of composition between external and domestic resources, and specific modalities within each.
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Format: | Policy Note biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020-11
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Subjects: | CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, PANDEMIC RESPONSE, SOCIAL PROTECTION, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, CASH TRANSFERS, BUDGET PRIORITY, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/737761605775837011/Where-is-the-Money-Coming-From-Ten-Stylized-Fact-on-Financing-Social-Protection-Responses-to-COVID-19 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/34802 |
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Summary: | The unprecedented and ongoing scale-up
of social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
dwarf the response to the Great Recession. But how are
countries financing such scale-up efforts? This note lays
out ten stylized findings from a rapid review of social
protection financing sources in thirty-one countries,
including in terms of composition between external and
domestic resources, and specific modalities within each. |
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