The volume of government spending "federal and local" on social benefits in the United Arab Emirates reached 55.448 billion dirhams in 2021, according to government financial statistics data issued by the Ministry of Finance. Finance.
Sources told Al-Bayan Al-Ecois that the large spending on social benefits reflects the great importance attached by the federal and local governments to support family cohesion and social cohesion, which is The goal, which is a main pillar of comprehensive development in the UAE.
According to the International Monetary Fund, the UAE continues to increase its social spending to promote inclusive growth, whether before or after the outbreak of "Covid 19", noting that social spending in it was large. Before the pandemic, it increased and intensified further during the pandemic as well, according to the report “Social Expenditure for Inclusive Growth in the Middle East.”
