living in poverty. Households with a beneficiary increased their level of consumption by 44 percent. The program improved …

This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are … heterogeneity in the income inequality and poverty-reducing power of LAC fiscal systems. While all LAC fiscal systems reduce income … inequality, fiscal systems in nine LAC countries are poverty-increasing, and this startling characteristic has not improved over …

redistribution and/or poverty prevention, the economically vulnerable are less likely to vote for the PRRP. Secondly, the direct …