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Income Distribution and Tax, and Government Social Spending Policies in Developing Countries

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  • Chu, K.-y.
  • Davoodi, H.
  • Gupta, S.
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    This paper reviews income distribution in developing countries in recent decades. On average, before-tax income distribution is less unequal in developing countries than it is in industrial countries. However, unlike industrial countries, developing countries in general have not been able to use tax transfer policies effectively to reduce income inequality.

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    Paper provided by World Institute for Development Economics Research in its series Research Paper with number 214.

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    Length: 49 pages
    Date of creation: 2000
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    Handle: RePEc:fth:wodeec:214

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    Keywords: INCOME DISTRIBUTION ; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ; EDUCATION;

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    2. Sònia Muñoz & Stanley Sang-Wook Cho, 2003. "Social Impact of a Tax Reform: The Case of Ethiopia," IMF Working Papers 03/232, International Monetary Fund.
    3. Horn-Chern Lin & Tao Zeng, 2010. "The distributional impact of income tax in Canada and China: 1997-2005," Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 3(2), pages 132-145, June.
    4. Herwig Immervoll & Horacio Levy & José Ricardo Nogueira & Cathal O´Donoghue & Rozane Bezerra de Siqueira, 2005. "The Impact of Brazil´s Tax-Benefit System on Inequality and Poverty," Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers 117, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research.
    5. Lopez, Ramon E., 2007. "Fiscal Policies in Highly Unequal Societies: Implications for Agricultural Growth," eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, Food and Agriculture Organization, Agricultural and Development Economics Division, vol. 4(1).
    6. Richard M. bird, 2003. "Taxation in Latin America: Reflections on Sustainability and the Balance between Equity and Efficiency," International Tax Program Papers 0306, International Tax Program, Institute for International Business, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
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    8. Nicole Laframboise & Tea Trumbic, 2003. "The Effects of Fiscal Policies on the Economic Development of Women in the Middle East and North Africa," IMF Working Papers 03/244, International Monetary Fund.
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    15. Carlos Mulas-Granados, 2005. "Fiscal Adjustments and the Short-Term Trade-Off between economic growth and equality," Hacienda Pública Española, IEF, vol. 172(1), pages 61-92, June.
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    17. Benedict J. Clements & Christopher Faircloth & Marijn Verhoeven, 2007. "Public Expenditure in Latin America: Trends and Key Policy Issues," IMF Working Papers 07/21, International Monetary Fund.
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