The present study uses the GIDD, a CGE-microsimulation model for Global Income Distribution Dynamics, to understand the … assumptions, there will be a reduction in global income inequality by 2030. This potential reduction can be fully accounted for by … suggest that the mid-1990s could be seen as a turning point after which global inequality began showing a negative tendency. …

. The results are fed into a detailed household survey-based micro-simulation model to assess impacts on poverty and income … although it would still help reduce rural poverty. …

reducing income inequality; and (iii) in countries where fiscal redistribution is significant, it is achieved mostly through …Income inequality in Latin America ranks among the highest in the world. It can be traced back to the unequal … distribution of assets (especially land and education) in the region. But the extent to which asset inequality translates into …

taxation side, high income inequality causes the rich to bear most of the taxation burden. This causes a vicious cycle where …

inequality faced by most countries. The question studied in this paper is: How do international policies on aid, trade, and … terms of changes in standard inequality measures, it is of some importance for the lowest decile of the world's income … with extending this analysis of redistribution to other forms of international factor flows-more specifically, migrant …

It is acknowledged that the lack of any systematic link between growth and income inequality does not necessarily mean … devised to decompose the redistributive effect of a tax to analyze the extent to which vertical redistribution associated with … changing incomes over time is offset or reinforced by horizontal redistribution and re-ranking. He uses panel data from China …

Colombia has the seventh highest Gini coefficient of income inequality in the world. The Santos Administration is aware … OECD, which exhibits much lower income disparities, mainly as a result of effective policies of fiscal redistribution. In … income inequality, Colombian policy makers could consider introducing a more progressive tax-transfer system. This paper …

The paper develops a concept and a measure of the monetary capacity of a country to reduce its own poverty and shows … uses such indexes to rank countries according to their own capacity to reduce poverty. As shown in the empirical …

inequality and poverty when all taxes and transfers are combined. In comparison with five other countries in Latin America, it … ranks first (poverty reduction) and second (inequality reduction), and first in terms of poverty reduction effectiveness and …How much redistribution does Uruguay accomplish through social spending and taxes? How progressive are revenue …