Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty … targeted at the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases … poverty in 4 countries using a US$1.25/day PPP poverty line, in 8 countries using a US$2.50/day line, and in 15 countries …

Macroeconomic crises not only affect the current living standards of the poor, but their ability to grow out of poverty …. This paper presents evidence on the impact of economic crisis on poverty and inequality in Latin America. Crises not only … result in higher poverty rates but also may cause irreversible damage to the human capital of the poor. In light of this …

Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty … targeted at the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases … poverty in 4 countries using a US$1.25/day PPP poverty line, in 8 countries using a US$2.50/day line, and in 15 countries …

poverty effects of trade liberalization in Latin America. Our survey classifies the large number of papers on the subject … according to the welfare measure they use: inequality (on wages and household income) or poverty. Our survey shows that a sound … inequality and poverty. (2)The Macro-Micro approach (Bourguingon et. al, 2008) which combines a CGE with a micro-simulation model …