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Does social spending improve welfare in low- and middle-income countries?Over the past two decades, there has been unprecedented attention to the promotion of human development via government spending in the social sectors as a conditio sine qua non for economic growth and improved aggregate welfare...
Social spending Aggregate welfare Human developmentWorking 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
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 protectionWorking Paper
Fiscal policy, inequality, and the poor in the developing worldNOTE | Revised version August 2017 available. View and download the revised version . Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty in 25 countries for around 2010...
Fiscal incidence Social spending InequalityPresentation
Social Spending and Aggregate Welfare in Developing and Transition EconomiesOn 11 September 2014, Miguel Niño Zarazua presented his recent study at the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) of the World Bank, which finds strong evidence of a positive causal effect of social spending on aggregate welfare...