We conducted a fiscal impact study to estimate the effect of taxes, social spending, and subsidies on inequality and … poverty in El Salvador, using the methodology of the Commitment to Equity project. Taxes are progressive, but given their … budget is greater, their impact is low. The component that has the greatest effect on inequality is spending on education and …

(PRC), this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban–rural inequality, and … poverty, and provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several … conclusions can be drawn from this paper. First, urbanization has a significant effect on reducing both poverty of rural residents …

broad-based policy for the eradication of inequality and poverty …Poverty in inner cities and rural areas of 'rich' America is shocking for many which remains invisible to policymakers …. It is clear that if pervasive and intransigent poverty can exist in America, it can exist anywhere. This paper focuses on …

the role of (income) inequality in poverty reduction. The evidence involves both an indirect channel via the tendency of … high inequality to decrease the rate at which income is transformed to poverty reduction, and the tendency of rising … inequality to increase poverty. Based on the basic-needs approach, an analysis-of-covariance model is estimated, with the …

Income inequality and poverty in Nigeria are closely related. This study decomposed change in poverty in Nigeria into … Bureau of Statistics in 1998 and 2004 were used. Results show that in 2004, income inequality was higher in rural areas than … urban areas. Income poverty head count in 1998 was 40.51%, and this increased to 51.59% in 2004. However, expenditure …

inequality and income poverty in Brazil. We use data from three censuses and 35 national household surveys (PNAD). The … reduce inequality and poverty and only a significant scale-up of university education would lead to much lower levels of … inequality and poverty. The growth required to have made that possible would have been impressive. Such a reduction could also …

income inequality by 2030. However, the potential reduction can be fully accounted for by the projected convergence in …