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 … estimated by fixed effects). Conversely, inequality and poverty in Brazil and Chile fell to historic lows. Second, overall terms …

collection and social spending? Using a standard fiscal incidence analysis, we quantify the reduction in inequality and poverty …

Taxes and transfers can have significant impacts on poverty and inequality. All standard measures are by definition … transfers can lower inequality and poverty (including the severity of poverty) but still make a subgroup of the poor worse off … when standard poverty and inequality indicators decline and overall taxes are progressive. …

Three main changes in thinking about poverty have gained increasing currency over the past decade. First, the concept … of poverty has broadened, with increasing attention to issues of vulnerability, inequality and human rights. Second, the … capital. Third, the causal structure has deepened to focus on flows of individuals into and out of poverty, rather than on …

This paper deals with the causes and consequences of inequality and poverty in the countries east of the new frontiers … of the European Union, mainly with the CIS countries. Poverty and inequalities in the former socialist countries were … of income and wealth. The new structural sources of poverty and inequalities have often been more extreme. Some CIS …

Fiscal policy can change poverty and inequality substantially or little depending on the government's redistributive … evaluations. The CEQ relies on inequality, poverty and tax and benefit incidence analyses. …

Fiscal policy can change poverty and inequality substantially or slightly depending on the government's redistributive … independent evaluations. CEQ relies on inequality, poverty and tax and benefit incidence analyses. …

argue that conventional wisdom may be wrong. First, the extent and effectiveness of income redistribution and poverty …