Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution? / Ravallion, Martin
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2009Description: Online-Ressource (35 p)Additional physical formats: Ravallion, Martin: Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution? DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-5046Online resources: Summary: Development aid and policy discussions often assume that poorer countries have less internal capacity for redistribution in favor of their poorest citizens. The assumption is tested using data for 90 developing countries. The capacity for redistribution is measured by the marginal tax rate on those who are not poor by rich-country standards that is needed to cover the poverty gap or to provide a poverty-level of basic income, judged by developing-country standards. For most (but not all) countries with annual consumption per capita underPPN: PPN: 834964260Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBLNo physical items for this record
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