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The Impact of Public Education Expenditureon Human Capital, Growth, and Poverty in Tanzania and Zambia : A General Equilibrium Approach

Thorbecke, Erik - 2001

for two Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs), Tanzania and Zambia. The simulation results suggest that education … education expenditure can be effective for poverty alleviation …

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Tanzania's Growth Process and Success in Reducing Poverty

Treichel, Volker - 2005

since 1995 has resulted in a significant decline of poverty and that prospects are favorable for Tanzania to attain its …Since 1995, Tanzania has made major progress in economic reform and macroeconomic stabilization, resulting in strong … growth and low inflation. This paper reviews Tanzania''s growth performance and prospects and assesses the impact of growth …

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Income inequality and government transfers in Mexico

Lambert, Frederic; Park, Hyunmin - 2019

We analyze microdata from Mexico's survey on household income and expenditures (ENIGH) to study the evolution of income …

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Tax policy and inclusive growth

Abdel-Kader, Khaled; Mooij, Ruud A. de - 2020

This paper discusses the theory and practice of tax design to achieve an efficient and equitable outcome, id est in support of inclusive growth. It starts with a discussion of the key principles from tax theory to guide practical tax design. Then, it elaborates on more granular tax policy,...

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Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? : a case study analysis

Balasubramanian, Sriram; Bounader, Lahcen; Bricco, Jana; … - 2021

Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and emerging markets-the Nordics, India, Brazil, and Egypt-to try to answer this question. We highlight qualitatively in these countries the key components of inclusive growth models,...

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Defining, Measuring and Alleviating Poverty in an Economy in Transition : The Case of Lithuania

Cornelius, Peter - 1994

The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...

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Assessing the Impact of Structural Adjustmenton the Poor : The Case of Malawi

Brekk, Odd P. - 1991

This paper applies, through a case study on Malawi, a simple methodology indicating the first-round (i.e., price) effects of macroeconomic policies on real earnings of the poor. As the economic program in Malawi has not involved substantial exchange rate action or cuts in subsidies, the real...

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Poverty Alleviation in a Financial Programming Framework : An Integrated Approach

Chand, Sheetal K. - 1995

Poverty alleviation is typically addressed in financial programming through additive programs that target vulnerable … groups but without modifying the underlying stabilization and adjustment targets. Instead, this paper integrates the poverty … alleviation objective into the financial programming framework using a well-known poverty index. In consequence, the assessment of …

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Burkina Faso : Policies to Protect the Poor From the Impact of Food and Energy Price Increases

Adenauer, Isabell - 2011

adverse impact of a combined food and oil price shock in 2008. Estimates of the impact based on household survey data and a …

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Inequality, poverty, and social protection in Bulgaria

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2020

Absolute poverty has dropped markedly in Bulgaria but income inequality has increased substantially in the aftermath of …

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