progress in SDGs by 2030. Benin and Rwanda are presented in detail through case studies. The main lessons are: i) average … sources given the scale of additional spending, and iv) strong national ownership of SDGs is key and should be reflected in …

sustainable development goals (SDGs). Under current policies, Rwanda would meet its SDGs right after 2050. Active policies that … financing gap, enabling the country to meet its SDG targets by 2040. For Rwanda to meet its SDGs by 2030, active policies would …

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … three deciles, respectively). Although existing direct fiscal transfers have poverty-reducing effects, they are too small …

inequality, with government expenditures in the form of in-kind transfers leading to the largest decreases. While expenditures in …'s fiscal policies also lead to a reduction in poverty, mainly due to well-targeted direct transfers …

role. We also find four types of poverty traps, associated with large initial household size, poor initial education, poor …

Egypt also led to a decrease in poverty, mostly from the flagship Tamween program. Poverty and inequality could be reduced … data for fiscal year 2015. Evidence shows that Egyptian fiscal policy reduces income inequality, and that among individual … countries, Egypt's overall fiscal policy placed it in the median of the distribution of inequality reduction. Fiscal policies in …

swamps remittances, this paper finds that remittances, which are a stable, private transfer, have a direct poverty mitigating … remittances, poverty and financial development. The paper posits that formalizing such flows can serve as an effective access …