Fiscal policy can change poverty and inequality substantially or slightly depending on the government’s redistributive … independent evaluations. CEQ relies on inequality, poverty and tax and benefit incidence analyses. …

Inequality and poverty fell sharply in many Latin American countries during a decade in which voters in ten countries … econometric evidence that social democratic regimes in Brazil and Chile were more successful at reducing inequality and poverty … are a return to “normal” levels (as estimated by fixed effects). Conversely, inequality and poverty in Brazil and Chile …

argue that conventional wisdom may be wrong. First, the extent and effectiveness of income redistribution and poverty …

We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes …. The impact of transfers on inequality and poverty reduction could be higher if spending on direct cash transfers that are …

importance of tax-benefit instruments across countries and on the effect of taxes and benefits on poverty and inequality. The …

This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil … and Chile experienced significant reductions of multidimensional poverty. In contrast, in urban Uruguay there was a small … reduction in multidimensional poverty, while in urban Argentina the estimates did not change significantly. El Salvador, Brazil …