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SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v2.0This 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 GHAMODReport
SOUTHMOD country report Zambia - MicroZAMOD v2.4This report documents MicroZAMOD, the SOUTHMOD micrososimulation model developed for Zambia...
Taxation Government revenue MicroZAMODJournal Article
Basic Old‐Age Protection in Latin America: Noncontributory Pensions, Coverage Expansion Strategies, and Aging Patterns across CountriesPart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Equality Old age social pensionsJournal Article
Poverty dynamics and graduation from conditional cash transfers: A transition model for Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera programThe 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 Measurement (Poverty)Report
SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v1.3View the latest GHAMOD country report here . This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana...
Tax Government revenue GHAMODBlog
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 RevenuesReport
SOUTHMOD country report Ethiopia - ETMOD v1.0This report documents ETMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ethiopia...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyReport
SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v1.0View the latest GHAMOD country report here . This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyReport
SOUTHMOD country report Ecuador - ECUAMOD v1.0View the latest ECUAMOD country report here . This report documents ECUAMOD, the SOUTHMOD micrososimulation model developed for Ecuador...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyReport
SOUTHMOD country report Zambia - MicroZAMOD v1.0View the latest MicroZAMOD country report here . This report documents MicroZAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Zambia...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyReport
SOUTHMOD country report Mozambique - MOZMOD v1.0This report documents MOZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Mozambique. This work was carried out by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique in collaboration with the project partners in the scope of the SOUTHMOD project...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyReport
SOUTHMOD country report Tanzania - TAZMOD v1.0This report documents TAZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Tanzania. This work was carried out by University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with the project partners in the scope of the SOUTHMOD project...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyWorking Paper
Government intervention need for social security improvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A theoretical analysis using the principal–agent modelAfrican populations need better support through social protection mechanisms...
Social security Pensions ContractsWorking Paper
The expansion of economic protection for older adults in Latin America: Key design features of non-contributory pensionsOver the past two decades, many Latin American countries have expanded the economic protection of older adults by developing non-contributory pensions or making eligibility rules more flexible...
Equality Old age social pensionsWorking Paper
On the spread of social protection systemsThis paper undertakes an empirical analysis of the adoption of various components of social security systems as well as contribution rates...
Panel analysis Social security TaxationBlog
Five lessons from Martin Ravallion’s WIDER Annual Lecture: Direct interventions against poverty in poor places
On 23 March researchers, policy makers, and politicians gathered at the Stockholm School of Economics (or joined online via the webcast ) to hear Professor Martin Ravallion deliver WIDER Annual Lecture 20 and discuss its implications...
Equality and inequality Poverty Social security