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Simulating the effect on households’ real consumption and poverty of the increase in prices that followed the 2015–16 economic crisis in MozambiquePoverty declined substantially in Mozambique between 1996/97 and 2014/15. However, the recent economic crisis, characterized by a significant increase in domestic prices, may have dragged several households into poverty...
price increase Economic crisis PovertyJournal Article
Does Horizontal Inequality Matter in Vietnam?This paper examines the issue of horizontal inequalities in Vietnam over the past 20 years...
Viet Nam Horizontal inequality Ethnic relationsJournal Article
Optimal taxation and public provision for poverty reductionThe existing literature on optimal taxation typically assumes there exists a capacity to implement complex tax schemes, which is not necessarily the case for many developing countries...
Income tax Poverty Public goodsWorking Paper
A role for universal pension? Simulating universal pensions in Ecuador, Ghana, Tanzania, and South AfricaWe use four novel, cross-country comparable tax-benefit microsimulation models for Ecuador, Ghana, Tanzania, and South Africa to evaluate ex ante the expansion of a universal old-age pension in a static setting...
Old-age benefit Poverty SOUTHMODJournal Article
Vertical and Horizontal Inequality in Ecuador: The Lack of SustainabilityWe analyse the evolution of vertical and horizontal inequality in Ecuador in the long-run (1990–2016), as well as during and after the recent commodities boom (2005–2014)...
Equality and inequality Poverty Sustainable developmentPolicy Brief
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Welfare dynamics measurement: Two definitions of a vulnerability line and their empirical applicationPart of Journal Special Issue Inequality
Welfare dynamics Poverty VulnerabilityJournal Article
Inequality: Measurement, trends, impacts and policiesPart of Journal Special Issue Inequality
Developing countries Inequality PovertyJournal Special Issue
Inequality: Measurement, trends, impacts and policiesMany low- and middle-income countries are achieving good rates of economic growth, while high inequality remains a priority concern...
Inequality Economic growth PovertyWorking Paper
Educational inequality in MozambiqueIn very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above the rest...
Education Economic development InequalityWorking Paper
Inequality and fiscal redistribution in Mexico: 1992–2015This paper uses income and expenditure surveys from 1992 to 2014 and public tax and spending accounts to estimate the redistributive impact of Mexico’s fiscal system over this period...
Fiscal incidence Taxation Social spendingWorking Paper
Poverty and wellbeing impacts of microfinance: What do we know?Over the last 35 years, microfinance has been generally regarded as an effective policy tool in the fight against poverty. Yet, the question of whether access to credit leads to poverty reduction and improved wellbeing remains open...
Microfinance Poverty Well beingWorking Paper
The resettlement of Vietnamese refugees across Canada over three decadesWelcoming 60,000 Southeast Asian refugees in the 1979–80 period has become a celebrated part of Canada’s history, but the eventual integration of these refugees into Canadian society has received insufficient attention...
Canada Earnings Economic integrationAnnual Lecture
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On the poverty–growth elasticityPoverty–growth elasticities are frequently calculated to provide insight into the inclusiveness of the growth process...
Poverty Growth ElasticityBook Chapter
ArgentinaFrom the book: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
Economic growth Income distribution Labor market