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Silver, Hilary - 2015

In light of the emphasis on “inclusion” in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this paper contends that social exclusion and inclusion are context-dependent concepts in at least three senses. First, the ideal of an inclusive society varies by country and by region. Second, different...

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Redistributive policies for sustainable development : looking at the role of assets and equity

Kohler, Pierre - 2015

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Taxing tobacco in Georgia : welfare and distributional gains of smoking cessation

Fuchs Tarlovsky, Alan; González Icaza, María Fernanda - 2020

This paper analyzes the welfare and distributional impacts of increasing taxes on cigarettes in Georgia. Increasing taxes on tobacco is an effective measure to reduce smoking. According to some estimates, increasing tobacco taxes could save more than GEL 3.6 billion and 53 thousand lives over a...

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The distributive impact of taxes and expenditures in Colombia

Núñez Méndez, Jairo; Olivieri, Sergio; Parra, Julieth; … - 2020

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

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What are the poverty and inequality impacts of fiscal policy in Turkey?

Cuevas, P. Facundo; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Nebiler, Metin - 2020

Fiscal policy is central to not only macroeconomic stability and growth, but also to poverty and inequality reduction … Turkey's achievements against peer countries. The results show that fiscal policy significantly reduces income inequality in … countervail the inequality-increasing impact of indirect taxes. At the bottom of the income distribution, targeted transfers are …

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Income distribution, international integration and sustained poverty reduction

Goldberg, Pinelopi K.; Reed, Tristan - 2020

What is the pathway to development in a world with less international integration? This paper answers this question within a model that emphasizes the role of demand-side constraints on national development, which is identified with sustained poverty reduction. In this framework, development is...

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The redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger

Hounsa, Thierry; Coulibaly, Mohamed; Sanoh, Aly - 2019

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing in Mali (by 2.4 percentage points) and Niger (2.5 percentage points). This is a result of primarily two factors: indirect taxes (value-added taxes and import duties) and direct...

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Inequality and welfare dynamics in the Russian Federation during 1994-2015

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lokshin, Michael; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2018

into a market-oriented economy. This paper offers a comprehensive study of inequality and mobility patterns for Russia … findings show rising income levels and decreasing inequality, with the latter being mostly caused by pro-poor growth rather …, leading to less long-term inequality than short-term inequality. The analysis also finds that switching from a part-time job …

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Mongolia : distributional impact of taxes and transfers

Freije, Samuel; Yang, Judy S. - 2018

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

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Encouraging service delivery to the poor : does money talk when health workers are pro-poor?

Banuri, Sheheryar; De Walque, Damien; Keefer, Philip; … - 2018

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