speed up the decline in inequality levels and reduce poverty. This study presents an exhaustive and comprehensive analysis … results suggest that the combined effect of taxes and social spending in Colombia contributes to poverty reduction between 0 …Colombia has reduced extreme poverty in the past 16 years by almost half, moderate poverty by 22 percentage points, and …

transition from large subsidies to taxes on petrol. The analysis shows a continuous improvement in the redistributive effects of …

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 … using a US$4/day line (over and above market income poverty). Net direct taxes are always equalizing and net indirect taxes …

contribution of different taxes and transfers to poverty and inequality reduction in Moldova, as well as the cost-effectiveness of … different taxes and transfers in achieving these poverty and inequality reduction goals. The analysis finds that the tax … assess the effects of government taxation and social spending on poverty and inequality in Moldova. The paper presents the …

substantially reduce poverty and inequality to varying degrees depending on the taxes and transfers used. …In this paper, we use a static fiscal incidence analysis model to evaluate the poverty and inequality impacts of using …

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … taxes (value-added taxes and import duties) and direct fiscal transfers. Although the richest people in Mali and Niger pay … the majority of indirect taxes, the poorest people pay a nonnegligible amount (more than 8 and 10 percent for the bottom …