Leading Questions on Sustainable Fiscal Space for Social Protection

This paper explores 7 questions around the building blocks that would contribute to a sustainable fiscal space for social protection in the future

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
6 July 2020
Document Type:
Literature Review
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Lenhardt, A

Abstract

There is general agreement in the literature that sustainable finance for universal social protection is attainable. Debate persists, however, on the most effective and most efficient measures to expand fiscal space to achieve universal protection. Strategies for domestic resource mobilisation and effective aid spending provide a wide range of options for national governments and donors to combine and sequence fiscal policies in ways that meet the unique economic, social and political conditions of different contexts. This paper briefly explores 7 leading questions around the essential building blocks and foundation that would contribute to a sustainable fiscal space for social protection in the future.

This report was prepared for the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and its partners in support of pro-poor programmes

Citation

Amanda Lenhardt (2020). Leading Questions on Sustainable Fiscal Space for Social Protection. K4D Helpdesk Report. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.

Leading Questions on Sustainable Fiscal Space for Social Protection

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Published 6 July 2020
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