This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …

increase the basic allowance would somewhat reduce inequality and improve vertical inequity in taxation. On the other hand, in … be achieved. At the same time, since in both cases redistribution will not affect the bottom decile group, no significant … effects (in either cases) on poverty reduction will be achieved. …

highlight that the final impacts on poverty and inequality are heterogeneous across population groups. … social cash transfers. The results indicate that Zambian agricultural policies reduce headcount poverty by 3-5 percentage …, poverty reduction with smaller government net expenditure. The results from these simulations suggest that it is feasible to …

This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the … poverty reducing as the one in force (or more in some dimensions), and a generator of greater welfare. …

poverty and inequality. To that end, we have used data from the 2001-2015 standard National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa … income as reflected by PNAD (0.7 per cent), the programme has such a significant impact on poverty reduction: its transfers … reduce poverty by 15 per cent and extreme poverty by 25 per cent. Dynamic decompositions of the Gini coefficient suggest that …

poverty and inequality. To that end, we have used data from the 2001-2015 standard National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa … income as reflected by PNAD (0.7 per cent), the programme has such a significant impact on poverty reduction: its transfers … reduce poverty by 15 per cent and extreme poverty by 25 per cent. Dynamic decompositions of the Gini coefficient suggest that …

The poverty reduction potential of national social assistance programs in eight Central and Eastern European countries … higher effectiveness in reducing poverty. Unlike Western Europe, no trade-off between extensiveness and benefit generosity or …

The poverty reduction potential of national social assistance programs in eight Central and Eastern European countries … higher effectiveness in reducing poverty. Unlike Western Europe, no trade-off between extensiveness and benefit generosity or …

practice. The results show that despite different fiscal effects, policies overall mostly reduced poverty and inequality and …, but generally also contributed more to poverty and inequality reduction than structural policy reforms. …