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Policy regimes, inequality, poverty and growth : the Chilean experience, 1973 - 2010

Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Ffrench-Davis, Ricardo - 2012

Since the 1970s, Chile has exhibited a highly skewed income distribution accompanied with strong fluctuations over time … 1990s, resulting from better economic and social policies in the return to democracy. Nonetheless, Chile still faces … significant challenges to improve development. There must be an active macroeconomic policy focused on the real economy. Chile …

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Regime type, inequality, and redistributive transfers in developing countries

Dodlova, Marina; Giolbas, Anna - 2017

The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not...

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Chile country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015

During the 2000s Chile achieved rapid economic growth and improved most labour market indicators: the unemployment rate …

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Inequality and fiscal redistribution in Mexico : 1992-2015

Scott, John; Rosa, Enrique de la; Balcazar, Rodrigo Aranda - 2017

This paper uses income and expenditure surveys from 1992 to 2014 and public tax and spending accounts to estimate the redistributive impact of Mexico's fiscal system over this period. It presents standard and marginal benefit incidence analysis for the principal public transfers (education,...

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Macroeconomic policies, growth, employment, and inequality in Latin America

Damill, Mário; Frenkel, Roberto - 2012

This paper examines the macroeconomic policies and outcomes experienced by the Latin American economies during the period 1990-2010. Macroeconomic policies refer to exchange rates, monetary and aggregate fiscal policies, while macroeconomic outcomes, on the other hand, refer to the patterns of...

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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 aftermath and during the uneven recovery until December 2021 using high-frequency household survey data from India. We find that the average household incomes dropped sharply during...

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How to spend it : the organization of public spending and aid effectiveness

Collier, Paul - 2012

As aid diminishes in importance, donors need a capacity that enables governments to improve the quality of their public spending. In this study I suggest three such organizational innovations: independent ratings of spending systems, Independent Public Service Agencies, and Sovereign Development...

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The impact of aid on total government expenditures : new evidence on fungibility

Marć, Łukasz - 2015

Aid is said to be fungible at the aggregate level if it raises government expenditures by less than the total amount. This happens when the recipient government decreases domestic revenue, decreases net borrowing, or when aid bypasses the budget. This study makes three contributions to both...

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Extractive revenues and government spending : short- versus long-term considerations

Ploeg, Frederick van der; Venables, Anthony - 2017

The prescription of optimally managing natural resource revenue windfalls by smoothing consumption across generations using an intergenerational sovereign wealth fund that only invests in foreign assets is not appropriate for resource-rich developing economies. It is better for these economies...

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Trade tax reforms and poverty in developing countries : why do some countries benefit and others lose?

Kouwoaye, Amèvi Rocard - 2019

This paper studies the relationship between trade tax and domestic tax reforms and poverty in developing countries, and explores whether the role of public goods provision matters in this relationship. Using a sample of 91 developing countries for the 1980-2016 period, I model the trade tax...

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