Fiscal policy is central to not only macroeconomic stability and growth, but also to poverty and inequality reduction … insufficient to compensate for the effect of taxes, resulting in net increases in poverty. In the context of upper …

's fiscal policies also lead to a reduction in poverty, mainly due to well-targeted direct transfers …

Egypt also led to a decrease in poverty, mostly from the flagship Tamween program. Poverty and inequality could be reduced …. The large gap between the government's expenditures and revenues helps explain the positive outcomes on poverty and …

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 …

assess the effects of government taxation and social spending on poverty and inequality in Moldova. The paper presents the … contribution of different taxes and transfers to poverty and inequality reduction in Moldova, as well as the cost-effectiveness of … different taxes and transfers in achieving these poverty and inequality reduction goals. The analysis finds that the tax …

must not lose sight of the critical redistributive role of the fiscal system, particularly its impact on poverty and … and poverty in Albania, assessing the individual and combined effects of taxes and public social spending. The findings … show that the fiscal system in Albania plays a positive role in reducing inequality. Yet, it has a moderate poverty …