Inequality

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Liberians’ Eagerness for Debate Can Bode Well for Accountable Leadership
March 29, 2017
At the Liberia Development Conference, I laid out four interlinked themes vital to Liberia’s future development progress and to pose questions for conference participants, including what Liberia’s development partners can do to leverage their support with stronger Liberian ownership and ...
WORKING PAPERS
The Impact of the Tax System and Social Expenditure on the Distribution of Income and Poverty in Latin America (Spanish) - Working Paper 450
March 21, 2017
Using standard fiscal incidence analysis and the new methodological developments by the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Institute, this paper estimates the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty in sixteen countries in Latin America around 2010.
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Disintermediating the State: Would a 'Universal Basic Income' Reduce Poverty More Than Targeted Programs?
March 06, 2017
A UBI is an expensive way to reach the poor, but a new report from India suggests that by cutting out the bureaucratic and political middlemen, it may be cheaper than the status quo.
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On Inequality, Redistribution, and Wishful Thinking
Maya Forstater
March 02, 2017
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Using Trade Agreements to Support Women Workers
February 06, 2017
We’ve spent the past year focusing on beyond aid approaches to promoting gender equality worldwide, through discussions on how to improve outcomes for women and girls in areas ranging from migration to UN peacekeeping forces. Next we’re looking at how trade agreements can help to ensure ...
WORKING PAPERS
Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution, and Poverty Reduction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
January 30, 2017
Using comparative fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty in twenty-nine low-and middle-income countries for circa the year 2010.
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Women Are Not All Born Equal—And It Matters
January 11, 2017
This post takes a deeper dive into women’s specific situations, and in particular their socioeconomic levels, as an important factor for consideration when seeking to both improve and measure economic outcomes.