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Table 4 Implementation rates for social spending floors & budget balance conditions, 2020-23

From: Social protection and the International Monetary Fund: promise versus performance

 

Social spending floors

Budget balance conditions (or similar)

Country

Total

of which implementation data available

of which implemented

Total

of which implementation data available

of which implemented

Afghanistan

5

1

0

5

2

2

Argentina

10

6

5

10

6

4

Barbados

6

2

2

6

2

2

Benin

9

3

3

9

3

3

Cabo Verde

9

3

2

9

3

3

Cameroon

12

8

6

12

8

8

Chad

9

3

2

9

3

0

Congo, Dem. Rep.

12

8

0

12

8

6

Congo, Rep.

10

3

1

10

3

2

Costa Rica

0

n/a

n/a

12

8

8

Ecuador

6

6

5

6

6

5

Egypt

3

0

n/a

3

0

n/a

Gabon

10

5

4

10

5

4

Gambia

12

12

11

0

n/a

n/a

Jordan

15

12

12

15

12

10

Kenya

8

5

3

8

5

5

Madagascar

12

9

1

12

9

6

Moldova

8

4

4

9

4

4

Mozambique

8

2

0

8

1

0

Nepal

3

1

1

4

2

2

Niger

11

6

6

11

6

6

Somalia

0

n/a

n/a

12

9

7

Sudan

4

0

n/a

4

0

n/a

Suriname

10

4

2

10

5

2

Tanzania

6

2

2

6

2

1

Uganda

14

8

4

14

8

8

Zambia

8

2

2

8

3

2

TOTAL

220

115

78

234

123

100

  1. Afghanistan’s program was cancelled in end-2022; the data presented here cover only 2020 and 2021. For Ecuador, we present implementation data on the condition for household coverage of social assistance measures, which is functionally similar to a social spending floor. Source Authors, drawing on IMF loan documentation
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