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

• TeilnehmendeR: Lustig, Nora,
• Place / Publishing House: Washington, D.C. : : Brookings Institution Press,, [2018]; ©[2018]
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource.)

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

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.