Publication: Egypt Public Expenditure Review for the Human Development Sectors
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Date
2022-09
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2022-09
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World Bank Group
Abstract
This Public Expenditure Review (PER)
aims at informing government efforts to pursue its
commitment to enhancing socioeconomic outcomes through more
and better spending on human capital. To achieve this
important objective, the Government of Egypt (GoE) aims at
creating the fiscal space needed to increase
growth-enhancing spending in a way that reflects positively
on socioeconomic outcomes. This PER analyzes the adequacy,
efficiency, and equity of public spending on the human
development sectors. It examines options to create fiscal
space by reducing inefficient and wasteful spending within
this sector and increasing the impact of existing resources.
From an equity perspective, the PER examines how public
resources are distributed within the sector, and across
income groups and/or geographical regions, and how
system-wide reforms can reduce inequality in spending and
outcomes. Drawing on a fiscal incidence analysis jointly
carried out with the MOF, the distributional impact of
potential fiscal measures and other policy changes is
simulated to inform the reforms agenda. The first part of
the review (Volume I) presents the macro-fiscal context and
its constraints. It also presents an analysis of the social
protection system in place to mitigate the effects of the
challenging macroeconomic environment. The second part of
the review (Volume II) focuses on the most difficult
challenges facing the core human development sectors, namely
health, education and higher education.
Citation
“World Bank Group. 2022. Egypt Public Expenditure Review for the Human Development Sectors. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38081 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”