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 investigate...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/565611611130214788/Welfare-Shocks-and-Government-Spending-on-Social-Protection-Programs-in-Lesotho http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35046 |
| Summary: | 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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