policy makers in emerging and developing countries in particular. -- Brazil ; inequality ; poverty ; redistribution … successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by …

successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by …

-2011) along geographic, religious, ethno-linguistic and economic lines. Poverty and inequality rose throughout the decade. We … function are used to isolate between-group gaps in household incomes attributable to conflict. The results on microdata from … three Household Living Standards Surveys (2002, 2008 and 2015) confirm that as the political tide shifted, the economic …