speed up the decline in inequality levels and reduce poverty. This study presents an exhaustive and comprehensive analysis …

transfers. The findings show that the system is progressive and contributes to reductions in poverty and inequality. The Gini …

inequality. To reduce the incidence of low-quality jobs, tax policy interventions should go hand in hand with more effective …

inequality, with government expenditures in the form of in-kind transfers leading to the largest decreases. While expenditures in …

comparable methodology yields the following results. Direct taxes and cash transfers reduce inequality and poverty by nontrivial … at government costs, they reduce inequality in all countries by considerably more than cash transfers, reflecting their …

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 overall or along ethnic and rural-urban lines. Persistently low tax revenues are the main limiting factor …