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Introducing a Dashboard for Assessing Fiscal Policy in Low-Income Countries
Sanjeev Gupta
and
Jean-Luc Schneider
October 14, 2020
The level and composition of taxes and expenditures vary considerably across low-income countries, which means their effects on countries’ growth, economic stability, redistribution, and welfare also differ.
POLICY PAPER

A Fiscal Policy Dashboard for Low-Income Economies
Jean-Luc Schneider
October 14, 2020
We construct a fiscal policy dashboard to provide a snapshot of the fiscal system of a country, focusing on macro-sustainability, revenue mobilization, spending composition, and redistributive effects.
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Fiscal Policy and Income Distribution in China
Nora Lustig
and
Yang Wang
September 10, 2020
Since China introduced far-reaching economic reforms in 1978, it has experienced rapid economic growth and social development that has significantly improved the overall well-being of the Chinese population and lifted an enormous number of people out of poverty. But at the same time, income inequali...
WORKING PAPER

Why Do Governments Tax or Subsidize Fossil Fuels?
Paasha Mahdavi et al.
August 18, 2020
Governments have long faced pressure to address the climate crisis by increasing taxes on fossil fuels, which are the source of more than three-quarters of the world’s anthropogenic carbon pollution.