This study analyzes the effects on poverty incidence and other economic variables resulting from government … find that poverty incidence declines under the entire range of distributional assumptions considered. Nevertheless, the … most important determinant of poverty impact is the degree of rural bias. Even the most regressive of the pro …

of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …