aversion. Illustrations based on data for Indonesia in the 1990s show a strong link between growth and poverty reduction in … that country. A decomposition of the observed poverty outcomes reveals the extent to which changes in inequality have … blunted the poverty impacts of both growth and contraction. Finally, the results also demonstrate that absolute and relative …

of the recent increase in rice prices on poverty with and without policy responses. Two sets of policy responses are …

detailed economywide computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to run a series of policy experiments. They find that poverty … mechanism the government adopts to offset forgone tariff revenue. If an indirect tax is used, the incidence of poverty falls … marginally, but the depth (poverty gap) and severity (squared poverty gap) increase substantially. If, instead, an income tax is …

The Poverty and Social Impact Assessment (PSIA) analyzes the impact of the tax reform, which came into effect in July … 2007, on tax incidence and poverty in Uruguay. The essence of the reform is the introduction of a dual personal income tax …

The 2005 Tanzania poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) on local government tax reform was designed to examine the … intended and unintended consequences on poverty reduction and growth in Tanzania of the tax reforms implemented in June 2003 …