Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth … effectiveness of social expenditures for reducing poverty and inequality. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic …

-wage earners would make inroads into poverty and inequality while encouraging formal work. This paper accompanies and extends the … that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and … revenues and increase inequality, by reducing the progressivity of the personal tax system. A proposed reform package that …

Income inequality and relative poverty in the United States are among the highest in the OECD and have substantially … of growth. The present paper analyses the causes of US income inequality and relative poverty in an OECD context … degree, high income inequality is attributable to the large dispersion of earned income, which should be addressed by …

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. Reducing income inequality is a key government objective and this requires improving the performance of the labour market …