the potential to raise more revenues-reaching up to 4% of gross domestic product on average. While corporate income tax … productivity is high vis-à-vis other regions, the same does not apply to personal income tax or value-added tax. There is potential … important to ensure that tax systems in developing Asia become more progressive with the expansion of personal income and …

Distribution neutral fiscal policy refers to a structure of taxes and transfers that keep the income distribution … which improves the standard Pareto criterion by keeping the degree of inequality, but not the absolute level of income …. Limited available data on income and expenditure shows that the official policies so far are close to desired benchmark level …

is to secure more durable improvements in fiscal performance. This study reviews the fiscal reform experience of 36 low-income …

achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with the support of the international donor community. The paper stresses that …

of 39 low-income countries during the 1990s. The paper finds that strong budgetary positions and fiscal consolidation are …

government consumption are more effective in shortening the crisis duration than those based on public investment or income tax …

, extortion and evasion / Jean Hindriks, Michael Keen, and Abhinay Muthoo -- pt. 4. Corruption, income distribution, and poverty …. Production, rent seeking, and wealth distribution / Era Dabla-Norris and Paul Wade -- Does corruption affect income inequality …

growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, the impact of corruption on a country’s income distribution and incidence of …