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Informality – addressing the Achilles heel of social protection in Latin America
Research Brief
Journal Article
Quantifying the Impacts of Expanding Social Protection on Efficiency and Equity: Evidence from a Behavioral Microsimulation Model for GhanaPart of Journal Special Issue SOUTHMOD: Modelling Tax-benefit Systems in Developing Countries
Developing countries Social protection TaxationWorking Paper
Financing the Zambia social cash transfer scale-up: A tax benefit microsimulation analysis based on MicroZAMODThis paper assesses the effects on poverty and inequality of the alternative targeting approaches that Zambia’s Social Cash Transfer programme could take as its expansion continues during the period of the country’s Seventh National Devel...
Economic inequality Poverty Social cash transfersNews
Director Kunal Sen contributes to blog on taxation in developing countriesThe capability to raise revenues from taxes – often called fiscal capacity – is a crucial aspect for the functioning of every state, particularly in developing countries. They need higher revenues to invest in a number of economic and...
Taxation SDGs Tax revenuePolicy Brief
Inequality dynamics in China: Income growth for the poor, but more for the richIn the late 1970s, China embarked on a major programme of economic transition and reform...
Welfare policy Social protection Income inequalityWorking Paper
Inequality in China: Development, transition, and policyIn this paper we describe the major trends in China’s income inequality over the past 40 years and explain them as the outcome of four interleaved stories...
China Inequality Development EconomicsBlog
From PhD Fellow to President: (of Colpensiones, Colombia’s public pension and social security administrator) – Juan Villa
Four years ago, in 2014, Juan Villa spent three months at UNU-WIDER in our PhD Fellowship Programme...
Social protection Public policy UNU-WIDER PhD FellowshipBook Chapter
Choices for spending government revenue: New African oil, gas, and mining economiesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Extractives Education FrameworkJournal Article
Trade, poverty, and social protection in developing countriesThis article is currently available for early online view. How do shifts in trade affect social protections for the poor?...
Globalization and Trade Social protectionWorking Paper
Quantifying the impacts of expanding social protection on efficiency and equity: Evidence from a behavioural microsimulation model for GhanaA large informal sector is a challenge for developing countries building up social protection systems...
Developing countries Social protection TaxationAnnual Lecture
Working Paper
Choices for spending government revenue: New African oil, gas, and mining economiesThis paper examines a broad range of opportunities for addressing the pressing human development needs of low-income countries by using new oil, gas, and mineral discoveries...
Extractives Education FrameworkWorking Paper
The global politics of social protectionSince the early 2000s international development agencies have actively promoted social protection as a new global public policy...
Africa Policy transfer PoliticsWorking Paper
The politics of scaling up social protection in KenyaLiterature on social protection in Kenya shows progress in implementation of cash transfers but not the social health insurance scheme...
Kenya Social protection Cash transfersWorking Paper
Social protection, electoral competition, and political branding in MalawiCompetitive elections in many parts of Africa generate powerful incentives to presidential candidates (and to a lesser extent political parties) to brand themselves in ways that transcend regional or ethnic loyalties...
Elections Political branding Social protection