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SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v2.5

This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana. The report describes the different tax-benefit policies in place, how the microsimulation model picks up these different provisions, and the database on which the model runs...

Taxation Government revenue GHAMOD
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SOUTHMOD country report Ethiopia - ETMOD v2.3

This report documents ETMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ethiopia. Since 2020 the Ethiopian national team is based at the University of Insubria (Italy). It includes Adnan A...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy
Report
SOUTHMOD country report Zambia - MicroZAMOD v2.12

This report documents MicroZAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Zambia. This work was carried out by Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research ( ZIPAR ) in collaboration with the project partners...

Taxation Government revenue MicroZAMOD
Report
SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v2.3

View the latest GHAMOD country report here . This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana...

Taxation Government revenue GHAMOD
Report
SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v2.0

View the latest GHAMOD country report here . This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana...

Taxation Government revenue GHAMOD
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SOUTHMOD country report Zambia - MicroZAMOD v2.4

View the latest MicroZAMOD country report here . This report documents MicroZAMOD, the SOUTHMOD micrososimulation model developed for Zambia...

Taxation Government revenue MicroZAMOD
Working Paper
Exploring options for a universal old age pension in Tanzania Mainland

The provision of a universal old age pension is increasingly recognized as an important instrument for strengthening and extending social protection...

Microsimulation Old age Non-contributory pensions
Journal Article
Basic Old‐Age Protection in Latin America: Noncontributory Pensions, Coverage Expansion Strategies, and Aging Patterns across Countries

Part of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South

Equality Old age Social pensions
Journal Article
Poverty dynamics and graduation from conditional cash transfers: A transition model for Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera program

The effects of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) on poverty and well-being have been widely studied. However, there is limited knowledge on how a CCT should respond to the dynamics of poverty...

Panel analysis Poverty Poverty measurement
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SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v1.3

View the latest GHAMOD country report here . This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana...

Tax Government revenue GHAMOD
Blog
What should Mozambique do with the revenue from natural gas projects? (Part I)

At the beginning of this decade, large offshore natural gas fields were discovered in north-east Mozambique. Investment is now flowing into the country, and a boom in the natural gas sector is expected...

Extractives Mozambique Revenues
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SOUTHMOD country report Ethiopia - ETMOD v1.0

View the latest ETMOD country report here . This report documents ETMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ethiopia...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy
Report
SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v1.0

View the latest GHAMOD country report here . This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy
Report
SOUTHMOD country report Ecuador - ECUAMOD v1.0

View the latest ECUAMOD country report here . This report documents ECUAMOD, the SOUTHMOD micrososimulation model developed for Ecuador...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy
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SOUTHMOD country report Zambia - MicroZAMOD v1.0

View the latest MicroZAMOD country report here . This report documents MicroZAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Zambia...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy
Report
SOUTHMOD country report Mozambique - MOZMOD v1.0

View the latest MOZMOD country report here . This report documents MOZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Mozambique...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy
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