This paper explores the relationships between openness, poverty and inequality in Africa. The analysis begins with a … guided African policymaking over the last three decades is the lens through which poverty and inequality are further examined …

Fiscal policy can change poverty and inequality substantially or slightly depending on the government’s redistributive … and human capital accumulation, as well as with reducing inequality. The Commitment to Equity Assessment (CEQ) evaluates … independent evaluations. CEQ relies on inequality, poverty and tax and benefit incidence analyses. …

Inequality and poverty fell sharply in many Latin American countries during a decade in which voters in ten countries … econometric evidence that social democratic regimes in Brazil and Chile were more successful at reducing inequality and poverty … Venezuela started the 1990-2008 sample window with lower levels of inequality, so to some extent recent reductions in inequality …

We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes … extent of inequality reduction induced by direct taxes and transfers is rather small (2 percentage points on average … and Brazil from achieving similar reductions in inequality is not the lack of revenues but the fact that they spend less …

Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered for … the crisis – in 2009 – inequality dropped, and it increased afterwards. Poverty was not affected very much by economic …

disposable income inequality and poverty rose markedly between 2006 and 2009 primarily due to the launching of a noncontributory …