of changes in employment due to the COVID-19 crisis on inequality and poverty using the recently developed tax … recently released Integrated Household Survey which was collected just before the COVID-19 crisis. We find that the poverty … measured by headcount and poverty gap increases because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic has also worsened inequality as …

's fiscal policies also lead to a reduction in poverty, mainly due to well-targeted direct transfers …

transfers, indirect subsidies, and in-kind transfers) on the level of poverty and inequality in Uganda, using the …-kind transfers, are the biggest contributors to reducing inequality. Although equalizing, fiscal policy is poverty-inducing in Uganda … indirect taxes; the poverty headcount ratio increases by 2.3 percentage points. Going forward, the combination of raising …

Egypt also led to a decrease in poverty, mostly from the flagship Tamween program. Poverty and inequality could be reduced …. The large gap between the government's expenditures and revenues helps explain the positive outcomes on poverty and …