Some of the lucre has gone to finance the pro-poor subsidies beloved of the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but big sums have also found their way into the pockets of senior clerics, former Revolutionary Guard commanders and well-connected businessmen at the heart of the economic elite.
Third, government health spending favoured the poor prior to universal coverage in 2001 and the same trend has continued in subsequent years, in particular at district and provincial hospitals; these pro-poor subsidies were a result of pro-poor utilization [ 8].
With this goal in mind, this study assessed the magnitude and trend of health budget distribution and whether it benefited the rich or the poor UCS members at national and sub-national levels, and discussed factors contributing to the pro-poor subsidies.
It's possible that the poor pay subsidies to finance the rewards of the affluent.
In those states, millions of adults earning less than $11,500 will be too poor for subsidies, yet will not qualify for Medicaid.
The real money goes to the developer and the (often rich) landowner, paid by customers (including the poor) via subsidies on their energy bills.
Measures will include handing out shopping vouchers to the poor and subsidies for heating oil.In this section Barbarians at the farm gate Same old song Pump-priming Shifting clout Coming soon?
The only nod to the anger in the streets was a rather vague announcement on the official MENA news service that Parliament would discuss at its Sunday session issues relevant to the poor, including subsidies and efforts to improve life in the shantytowns, where millions live without basic infrastructure.
For years India's politicians have preferred economic palliatives such as NREGA, a giant scheme that guarantees work for the rural poor, and subsidies for the needy.Now India's borrowing has soared to queasy levels and welfare spending is being squeezed.
