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India; Is the Rising Tide Lifting All Boats?

Topalova, Petia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

While many have celebrated India's accelerating economic growth, some have expressed concern about the distributional impacts of the growth process. Cognizant of the vulnerability of its large population below poverty, India's authorities have made faster and more inclusive economic growth the...

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China; Does Government Health and Education Spending Boost Consumption?

Barnett, Steven; Brooks, Ray - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

Consumption in China is unusually low and has continued to decline as a share of GDP over the past decade. A key policy question is how to reverse this trend, and rebalance growth away from reliance on exports and investment and toward consumption. This paper investigates whether the sizable...

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Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy (2nd Edition)

Bastagli, Francesca; Coady, David; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This note will describe recent trends in income inequality in both advanced and developing economies and how tax and expenditure policies have impacted on these trends. It will discuss how tax and expenditure policies should be designed to bring about a more equitable distribution of income, as...

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Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization Evidenceon Poverty From India

Topalova, Petia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This paper uses the 1991 Indian trade liberalization to measure the impact of trade liberalization on poverty, and to … examine the mechanisms underpinning this impact. Variation in sectoral composition across districts and liberalization … more exposed to liberalization were concentrated, experienced slower decline in poverty and lower consumption growth. The …

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