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Comparing the poverty-reduction efficiency of targeted versus universal benefits amid crises

Shahir, Adnan; Kanbur, Ravi; Pirttilä, Jukka; … - 2023

- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three … benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by considering two different crisis scenarios, the COVID-19 pandemic … the proxy-means-tested benefits are the most effective in reducing the poverty gap index, a simple categorical benefit is …

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Evaluating antipoverty transfer programmes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa: Better policies? Better politics?

Barrientos, Armando; Villa, Juan M. - 2013

The paper provides a comparative analysis of the incidence of evaluation methods in antipoverty transfer programmes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. The paper identifies two broad explanations for the incidence of evaluation in antipoverty transfer programmes in developing countries, one...

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Halving poverty in South Africa: Growth and distributional aspects ; distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa

Tregenna, Fiona - 2011

The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. The South African … government has set a goal of halving poverty by 2014, although the meaning of this goal has not yet been defined. This article … specifies government's stated target of halving poverty by 2014 in terms of specific measures of the poverty gap and poverty …

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Who was impacted and how? The COVID-19 pandemic and the long uneven recovery in India

Jha, Mrinalini; Lahoti, Rahul - 2022

We investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income levels, poverty, and inequality in both the immediate … remained incomplete and was unevenly spread over the population even 22 months after the start of the pandemic. Poverty more …

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Fuel subsidies and income redistribution in Ecuador

Jara, H. Xavier; Lee, Po Chun; Montesdeoca, Lourdes; … - 2018

that eliminating all fuel subsidies would increase poverty and inequality due to the importance of domestic gas subsidy for … low-income households. Eliminating only gasoline and diesel subsidies would not impact poverty and inequality, while …

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The role of tax-benefit systems in protecting household incomes in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rodriguez, David; Jara, H. Xavier; Dondo, Mariana; … - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic drastically affected household incomes around the world. In developed economies, pre-pandemic tax-benefit policies and emergency transfers mitigated to a large extent the negative income shock. However, less is known about the effect of government intervention on household...

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Drivers of inequality in South Africa

Hundenborn, Janina; Leibbrandt, Murray V.; Woolard, Ingrid - 2018

The first democratic elections in 1994 brought about the promise for equal opportunity and an overall improvement of living standards for the majority of the South African population. However, 20 years after the democratization of South Africa, levels of inequality remain stubbornly high. The...

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Income redistribution in Latin America: A microsimulation approach

Arancibia Romero, Cristina; Dondo, Mariana; Jara, H. Xavier - 2019

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

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The inequality we want: How much is too much?

Krozer, Alice - 2015

A key aspect defining the contemporary income distribution is the (increasing) share the top holds compared to the rest. This paper shows that income concentration increases towards the very top of the distribution, while the shares the middle- and upper-middle-income groups hold, remain stable...

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Taxation and inequality in developing countries: Lessons from the recent experience of Latin America

Martorano, Bruno - 2016

This paper aims to advance understanding about the relationship between taxation and inequality in developing countries, focusing on the recent experience of Latin America. Although the tax system was regressive in the 1990s, tax changes promoted equality in the first decade of the 2000s. In...

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