Commitment to Equity Handbook : Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty /

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Commitment to Equity Handbook : Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty / / Nora Lustig, editor.

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"Examines methods for determining impact of taxation and public spending on inequality and poverty, both in theory and practice"--

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Lustig, Nora,
Place / Publishing House:Washington, D.C. : : Brookings Institution Press,, [2018]
©[2018]
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Information
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments CEQ Handbook 2018
  • Acknowledgments to the 2013 Edition
  • Abstracts
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Methodology
  • The CEQ Assessment: Measuring the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty
  • Analytic Foundations: Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers
  • Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers in the Presence of Reranking
  • Can a Poverty-Reducing and Progressive Tax and Transfer System Hurt the Poor?
  • Measuring the Effectiveness of Taxes and Transfers in Fighting Inequality and Poverty
  • Part II: Implementation
  • Allocating Taxes and Transfers and Constructing Income Concepts: Completing Sections A, B, and C of the CEQ Master Workbook
  • Constructing Consumable Income: Including the Direct and Indirect Effects of Indirect Taxes and Subsidies
  • Producing Indicators and Results, and Completing Sections D and E of the CEQ Master Workbook Using the CEQ Stata Package
  • Analyzing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Ethno-Racial Inequality
  • Part III: Applications
  • Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution, and Poverty Reduction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
  • Argentina: Taxes, Expenditures, Poverty, and Income Distribution
  • Brazil: Fiscal Policy and Ethno-Racial Poverty and Inequality
  • Chile: The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty
  • The Dominican Republic: Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution, and Poverty Reduction
  • El Salvador: The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty
  • Ghana and Tanzania: The Impact of Reforming Energy Subsidies, Cash Transfers, and Taxes on Inequality and Poverty
  • Iran: An Application of the CEQ Effectiveness Indicators
  • Tunisia: Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution, and Poverty Reduction.
  • Uganda: The Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subsidies on Inequality and Poverty
  • Part IV: The CEQ (Commitment to Equity) Assessment Tools
  • About the Authors
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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