mortality in the city of Salvador in Brazil. Based on the theory of local public goods, we consider that the provision of public …

the government budget on the income distribution in Brazil, and evaluates its efficiency and effectiveness in reducing … inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by … policy makers in emerging and developing countries in particular. -- Brazil ; inequality ; poverty ; redistribution …

Using recent expenditure survey data, this paper investigates the incidence of all indirect taxes in Brazil. It applies …