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2009; World Bank 2009b). China introduced one of the largest fiscal packages in the world (almost 13 percent of GDP), and almost 25 percent of the package was spent on social protection (Zhang, Thelen, and Rao 2010). Over 2009 and 2010, India planned to spend 1.4 percent of GDP. In this package, 0.4 percent of GDP was allocated to low-income housing, irrigation, rural employment, and social assistance, corresponding to 0.4 percent of GDP (World Bank 2009b).
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