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"In recent years donor countries have committed to dramatic increases in the supply of foreign aid to developing countries. Meeting and sustaining such commitments will require sufficient support among donor country voters and taxpayers. The determinants of public opinion in donor countries on...
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with extending this analysis of redistribution to other forms of international factor flows-more specifically, migrant …
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devised to decompose the redistributive effect of a tax to analyze the extent to which vertical redistribution associated with … changing incomes over time is offset or reinforced by horizontal redistribution and re-ranking. He uses panel data from China … of horizontal redistribution and re-ranking in both China-and to a lesser extent Vietnam-more than offset pro …
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Uruguay's Government is currently analyzing several reform strategies for the social sectors. These include a health reform, the introduction of a new poverty alleviation program, possible changes in pensions and unemployment insurance, and also a tax reform, that impacts the income transfer...
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system in terms of incentives and redistribution. It starts with an overview of institutional arrangements, programs, and … could 'correct' incentives by making redistribution more transparent and progressive. A behavioral life-cycle model …
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"The authors use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be conducive to reforms, because politicians have the incentive to embrace growth-enhancing reforms to win elections. By contrast, authoritarian regimes do not have to worry as much...
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