that reduce growth and thwart poverty reduction efforts. The argument of this paper is that there are various possible … helps to understand the high levels of inequality. The contemporary fiscal version of that assertion goes something like … “the rich are powerful and they dont like taxes, hence we have little taxation and little redistribution.” That is a good …

This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are … heterogeneity in the income inequality and poverty-reducing power of LAC fiscal systems. While all LAC fiscal systems reduce income … inequality, fiscal systems in nine LAC countries are poverty-increasing, and this startling characteristic has not improved over …