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Performance of tax-benefit systems amid COVID-19 crises in sub-Saharan Africa : a comparative perspective

Lastunen, Jesse; Shahir, Adnan; Rattenhuber, Pia; … - 2023

We examine the distributional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated tax-benefit measures in seven sub-Saharan African countries, focusing on the onset of the crisis. We evaluate impacts on disposable incomes, considering variations across income groups; assess the effectiveness of...

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The mitigating role of tax and benefit rescue packages for poverty and inequality in Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Lastunen, Jesse; Rattenhuber, Pia; Adu-Ababio, Kwabena; … - 2021

This paper analyses the distributional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related tax-benefit measures in 2020 in a cross-country comparative perspective for five African countries: Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We first estimate the impact of the crisis on disposable...

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Addressing poverty and inequality in Viet Nam during the COVID-19 pandemic : an examination of the alleviating impact of tax and benefit measures

Mahieu, Antoine de; Lastunen, Jesse - 2023

This paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related tax-benefit measures in Viet Nam. The focus is on the initial phase of the crisis in 2020. The study delves into how the pandemic affected disposable incomes, examining the differences across the income distribution and...

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Producing biofuels in low-income countries : an integrated environmental and economic assessment for Tanzania

Branca, Giacomo; Felix, Erika; Maltsoglou, Irini; … - 2014

This paper evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions and economic impacts from producing biofuels in Tanzania. Sequentially-linked models capture natural resource constraints; emissions from land use change; economywide growth linkages; and household poverty. Results indicate that there are economic...

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What Drives Differences in Inequality across Countries?

Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

This paper presents microeconomic simulation techniques to examine what drives differences in inequality across countries. The simulation decomposes cross-country inequality differences into the importance of individual decisions, such as fertility, mating, labor force participation, and...

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Revista Integración & Comercio: Año 7 : No. 18 : Enero-junio, 2003 Title: Integration & Trade Journal: Volume 7 : No. 18 : January-June, 2003

Ivanic, Maros; Decreux, Yvan; Dee, Philippa; Preckel, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

(IDB) on the "Impact of Trade Liberalization Agreements on Latin America and the Caribbean." This second issue of papers … from the conference, No. 18, includes the following articles: Trade Liberalization and Employment in Developing Economies … of the Americas; Trade and Relative Wages: What Can We Learn from CGE Models?; Multilateral Trade Liberalization and …

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Vertical and horizontal inequality in Ecuador : the lack of sustainability

Gachet, Iván; Grijalva, Diego F.; Ponce, Paúl; … - 2016

We analyse vertical and horizontal inequality in Ecuador from a long-run perspective, as well as during and after the commodities boom. Using various data sources we show that Ecuador has made significant progress in reducing inequality, particularly since 2000. However, inequality has started...

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Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries

Beck, Ulrik - 2015

This paper investigates how two effects drive wedges between nominal and real inequality estimates. The effects are caused by (i) differences in the composition of consumption over the income distribution coupled with differential inflation of consumption items; and (ii) quantity discounting...

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Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007 through 2013

Mahrt, Kristi; Nanivazo, Malokele - 2015

After years of economic decline, conflict, and instability, the Democratic Republic of Congo achieved rapid economic growth in the 2000s along with a reduction in rural consumption poverty. This paper evaluates the extent to which recent growth has been accompanied by improvements in...

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Estimating multidimensional poverty in Zambia

Mahrt, Kristi; Masumbu, Gibson - 2015

In this paper, we apply the first-order dominance (FOD) approach to assessing multidimensional welfare to analyse multidimensional poverty in Zambia in 1996, 2006, and 2010. In addition to evaluating welfare across time and space, we extend the methodology to evaluate welfare by rural...

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