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The SDG’s, Domestic Resource Mobilization and the Poor Nora Lustig Tulane University CGD and IAD “Strategies for eradicating poverty to achieve sustainable developmentfor all” United Nations Headquarters ▪ New York June 1-3, 2016

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TheSDG’s,DomesticResourceMobilizationandthePoor

NoraLustigTulaneUniversityCGDandIAD

“Strategiesforeradicatingpovertytoachievesustainabledevelopmentforall”

UnitedNationsHeadquarters▪ NewYorkJune1-3,2016

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• OnekeyfactortoachievingtheSDGswillbetheavailabilityoffiscalresourcestodeliverthefloorsinsocialprotection,socialservicesandinfrastructureembeddedintheSDGs

• Asignificantportionoftheseresourcesisexpectedtocomefromdomesticsourcesindevelopingcountriesthemselves

• Asistypicalwiththeseexercisesdesignedtoidentifyprioritiesandcommitmentswhichthegreatmajorityofcountriesendorse, theproposalsshyawayfromacknowledgingthatgoalshavetrade-offs

• Inparticular,thatraisingadditionalrevenuesdomestically(i.e.,raisingtaxes)forinfrastructure,protectingtheenvironmentorsocialservicesmayleaveasignificantportionofthepoorwithlesscashtobuyfoodandotheressentialgoods

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• Whatistheextentoftax-basedredistributionacrosslowandmiddle-incomecountries?

• Towhatextentdofiscalsystemsleavethepoorworseoffintermsofconsumptionofprivategoodsandservices?

• Howfrequentlyfiscalsystemsmaybeinequalityreducingbutatthesametimeleavethepoorworseoffintermsoftheirpurchasingpowerofprivategoodsandservices?

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• Empiricalresultsfor25countriesbasedonfiscalincidencestudiesfromtheCommitmenttoEquityInstituteforaround2010– Twolow-incomecountries:Ethiopia (Hilletal.,2016)andTanzania

(Youngeretal.,2016)– Ninelowermiddle-incomecountries:Armenia (YoungerandKhachatryan,

2016),Bolivia (Paz-Arauco etal.,2014),ElSalvador (Beneke,Lustig andOliva,2014),Georgia (Cancho andBondarenko,2016),Ghana (Youngeretal.,2015),Guatemala (Cabrera,Lustig andMoran,2015),Honduras(Castañeda andEspino,2015),Indonesia (Afkar etal.,2016),andSriLanka(Arunatilake etal.,2016)

– Tenuppermiddle-incomecountries:Brazil (HigginsandPereira,2014),Colombia (Lustig andMelendez,2016),CostaRica (Sauma andTrejos,2014),DominicanRepublic (Aristy-Escuder etal.,2016),Ecuador (Llerenaetal.,2015),Jordan (Alam etal.,2016),Mexico (Scott,2014),Peru(Jaramillo,2014),SouthAfrica (Inchauste etal.,2016),andTunisia(Shimeles etal.,2016)

– Fourhigh-incomecountries:Argentina (Rossignolo,2016),Chile(Martinez-Aguilaretal.,2016),Russia (Lopez-Calva etal.,2016),andUruguay (Bucheli etal.,2014). 4

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CEQAssessment:Method• Comprehensivestandardfiscalincidenceanalysisofcurrent

systems:directpersonalandindirecttaxes(nocorporatetaxes);cashandin-kindtransfers(publicservices);indirectsubsidies

• Harmonizeddefinitionsandmethodologicalapproachestofacilitatecross-countrycomparisons

• Usesincome/consumptionpercapitaasthewelfareindicator• Allocatorsvary=>fulltransparencyinthemethodusedfor

eachcategory,taxshiftingassumptions,taxevasion• Secondarysourcesareusedtoaminimum

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Higgins and Lustig. “Analyzing the Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subs idies on Inequality and Poverty.” and “The Commitment to Equity (CEQ)Assessment: Indicators.” Chapters 1 and 3 (respectively) in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide to Estimating the Impact of FiscalPolicy on Inequality and Poverty, Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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CEQAssessment:FiscalInterventions• Currentlyincluded:

– Directtaxes– Directcashtransfers– Non-cashdirecttransferssuchasschooluniformsandbreakfast

– Contributionstopensionsandsocialinsurancesystems– Indirecttaxesonconsumption– Indirectsubsidies– In-kindtransferssuchasspendingoneducationandhealth

• Workingon:– Corporatetaxes

6Higgins and Lustig. “Analyzing the Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subs idies on Inequality and Poverty.” and “The Commitment to Equity (CEQ)Assessment: Indicators.” Chapters 1 and 3 (respectively) in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide to Estimating the Impact of FiscalPolicy on Inequality and Poverty, Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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MARKETINCOME

DISPOSABLEINCOME

PLUSDIRECTTRANSFERSMINUSDIRECTTAXES

PLUSINDIRECTSUBSIDIESMINUSINDIRECTTAXES

CONSUMABLEINCOME

PLUSMONETIZEDVALUEOFPUBLICSERVICES:EDUCATION&HEALTH

FINALINCOME

CEQAssessment: IncomeConcepts

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Higgins and Lustig. “Analyzing the Impact of Taxes,Transfers, and Subsidies on Inequality and Poverty.”in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook.A Guide to Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy onInequality and Poverty, Tulane University and theWorld Bank, Fall 2016.

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FiscalIncidenceinCEQAssessments§ Accountingapproach

• nobehavioralresponses• nogeneralequilibriumeffectsand• nointertemporal effects• butitincorporatesassumptionstoobtaineconomicincidence(notstatutory)

§ Point-in-time§ Mainlyaverageincidence;afewcaseswithmarginal

incidence

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Higgins and Lustig. “Analyzing the Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subs idies on Inequality and Poverty.” and “The Commitment to Equity (CEQ)Assessment: Indicators.” Chapters 1 and 3 (respectively) in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide to Estimating the Impact of FiscalPolicy on Inequality and Poverty, Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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Monetizingin-kindtransfers§ Incidenceofpublicspendingoneducationandhealthfollowedso-

called“benefitorexpenditureincidence”orthe“governmentcost”approach.

§ Inessence,weuseperbeneficiaryinputcostsobtainedfromadministrativedataasthemeasureofaveragebenefits.

§ Thisapproachamountstoaskingthefollowingquestion:Ø Howmuchwouldtheincomeofahouseholdhavetobe

increasedifithadtopayforthefreeorsubsidizedpublicserviceatthefullcosttothegovernment?

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Higgins and Lustig. “Analyzing the Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subs idies on Inequality and Poverty.” and “The Commitment to Equity (CEQ)Assessment: Indicators.” Chapters 1 and 3 (respectively) in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide to Estimating the Impact of FiscalPolicy on Inequality and Poverty, Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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Threemainmessagesfromtheory1.Analyzingthetaxsidewithoutthespendingside,orviceversa,isuseless

Ø Taxescanbeunequalizingbutspendingsoequalizingthattheunequalizing effectoftaxesismorethancompensated

Ø Taxescanberegressivebutwhencombinedwithtransfersmakethesystemmoreequalizingthanwithouttheregressivetaxes(Lambert,2001)

Ø Transferscanbeequalizingbutwhencombinedwithtaxes,povertycanbehigher

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Enami,Lustig andAranda.“AnalyticalFoundations:MeasuringtheImpactofFiscalPolicyonInequalityandPoverty.”Chapter4inLustig (editor) CommitmenttoEquityHandbook.AGuidetoEstimating theImpactofFiscalPolicy onInequality andPoverty, TulaneUniversityandtheWorldBank,Fall2016.

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2.AnalyzingtheimpactoninequalityonlycanbemisleadingØ Fiscalsystemscanbeequalizingbutpovertyincreasing

3.AnalyzingtheimpactontraditionalpovertyindicatorscanbemisleadingØ Fiscalsystemscanshowareductioninpoverty

(headcountratio,gaporsquaredgap)andyetasubstantialshareofthepoorcouldhavebeenimpoverishedbythecombinedeffectoftaxesandtransfers

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Enami,Lustig andAranda.“AnalyticalFoundations:MeasuringtheImpactofFiscalPolicyonInequalityandPoverty.”Chapter4inLustig (editor) CommitmenttoEquityHandbook.AGuidetoEstimating theImpactofFiscalPolicy onInequality andPoverty, TulaneUniversityandtheWorldBank,Fall2016.

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DomesticResourceMobilizationandthePoor

Whatistheextentoftax-basedredistributionacrosslowandmiddle-incomecountries?

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Moresocialspending,moreredistribution(Redistributiveeffect:reductioninGinipointsinx-axis)

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Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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Primaryandsocialspending/GDPvs.GNIpercapita

Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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Education/GDP Linear (Education/GDP)Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

Educationspending/GDPvs.GNIpercapita

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Healthspending/GDPvs.GNIpercapita

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Health/GDP Linear (Health/GDP)

Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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Directtransfers/GDPvs.GNIpercapita

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Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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CompositionofsocialspendingasashareofGDP(circa2010)

Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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CompositionoftotalgovernmentrevenuesasashareofGDP(circa2010)

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Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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DomesticResourceMobilizationandthePoor

Towhatextentdofiscalsystemsleavethepoorworseoffintermsofconsumptionofprivategoodsandservices?

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• InNOcountry,inequalityincreasesasaresultoftaxesandsocialspending

ØFiscalpolicyisalwaysequalizing

ØThemoreunequal,themorefiscalredistribution

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Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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More unequal, more social spending/GDPNo “Robin Hood Paradox”

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Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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• However,fiscalpolicycanbeequalizingbutpovertyincreasing(intermsofthepoor’sabilitytoconsumeprivategoodsandservices):Ø1.25/dayline:Ethiopia,Ghana,Guatemala,Tanzania

Ø2.50/dayline:Armenia,Bolivia,Brazil,Ethiopia,Ghana,Guatemala,Honduras,SriLanka,Tanzania

• Thisworrisomeresultstemsmainlyfromconsumptiontaxes

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FiscalPolicyandPovertyReduction

Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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FiscalPolicyandPovertyReduction

Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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Net receivers Net payers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Lustig, N. “Fiscal Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Chapter 5 in Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide toEstimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality andPoverty,Tulane University and the World Bank, Fall 2016.

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DomesticResourceMobilizationandthePoor

Howfrequentlyfiscalsystemsmaybeinequalityreducingbutatthesametimeleavethepoorworseoffintermsoftheirpurchasingpowerofprivategoodsandservices?

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HigginsandLustig (2016)

Higgins and Lustig. 2016. Can a poverty-reducing and progressive tax and transfer system hurtthe poor?Journal of Development Economics 122, 63-75, 2016

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FiscalImpoverishment(MarkettoConsumableIncome)

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Country (Survey year)

Market Income plus

pensions Poverty

Headcount (%)

Change in poverty

headcount(p.p)

Market Income plus

pensions inequality

( Gini)

Reynolds-Smolensky

Change in inequality (▲Gini)

Fiscally Impoverished as % of population

Fiscally Impoverished as %

of consumable income poor )

Panel A: Upper-middle income countries, using a poverty line of $2.5 PPP 2005 per dayBrazil (2008-2009) 16.8 -0.8 57.5 4.6 -3.5 5.6 34.9Chile (2013) 2.8 -1.4 49.4 3.2 -3.0 0.3 19.2Ecuador (2011) 10.8 -3.8 47.8 3.5 -3.3 0.2 3.2Mexico (2012) 13.3 -1.2 54.4 3.8 -2.5 4.0 32.7Peru (2011) 13.8 -0.2 45.9 0.9 -0.8 3.2 23.8Russia (2010) 4.3 -1.3 39.7 3.9 -2.6 1.1 34.4South Africa (2010-2011) 49.3 -5.2 77.1 8.3 -7.7 5.9 13.3Tunisia (2010) 7.8 -0.1 44.7 8.0 -6.9 3.0 38.5Panel B: Lower-middle income countries, using a poverty line of $1.25 2005PPP per day.Armenia (2011) 21.4 -8.4 47.4 12.9 -9.2 6.2 52.3Bolivia (2009) 10.9 -0.5 50.3 0.6 -0.3 6.6 63.2Dominican Republic (2007) 6.8 -0.9 50.2 2.2 -2.2 1.0 16.3El Salvador (2011) 4.3 -0.7 44.0 2.2 -2.1 1.0 27.0Ethiopia (2010-2011) 31.9 2.3 32.2 2.3 -2.0 28.5 83.2Ghana (2013) 6.0 0.7 43.7 1.6 -1.4 0.1 0.8Guatemala (2010) 12.0 -0.8 49.0 1.4 -1.2 7.0 62.2Indonesia (2012) 12.0 -1.5 39.8 1.1 -0.8 4.1 39.2Sri Lanka (2009-2010) 5.0 -0.7 37.1 1.3 -1.1 1.6 36.4Tanzania (2011-2012) 43.7 7.9 38.2 4.1 -3.8 50.9 98.6

Higgins and Lustig. 2016. Can a poverty-reducing and progressive tax and transfer system hurt the poor? Journal of DevelopmentEconomics 122, 63-75, 2016

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• Fifteenoftheeighteencountrieswithareduction inpovertyandinequalityduetothetaxandtransfersystemexperiencedvariousdegreesoffiscalimpoverishment.

• Intencountries—Armenia,Bolivia,Brazil,ElSalvador,Guatemala,Indonesia,Mexico,Russia,SriLanka,andTunisia—betweenone-quarterandtwo-thirdsofthepost-fiscpoorlostincometothefiscalsystem.

• Inthethreecountrieswheretheheadcountratiorose(Ethiopia,GhanaandTanzania),theproportionofthepoorwhowereimpoverishedbythefiscalsystemisstaggering(above75percent).

• InArmenia,Ethiopia,Indonesia,Tunisia,andRussia,between25and50%arestillfiscallyimpoverishedwhenthemonetizedvalueofeducationandhealthservicesareincludedastransfers

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Ø ExtremecaremustbetakenwithemphasizingdomesticresourcemobilizationtoachieveSDGs

ØMustassesstheimpactonthepooroftaxandsubsidyreforms,otherwiseonemaybetakingawayfromthepoormorethanistransferredtothem

Ø Impactonthepoorofincreasingtaxesrequirestheuseofadequateindicators;conventionalmeasuresofinequalityandpovertycanbeawfullymisleading

Ø FiscalImpoverishmentIndexfulfillsalltherequirementstoobtainanaccurateassessmentoftheimpactoffiscalchangesonthepoor

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References:• Enami,A.,N.Lustig andR.Aranda.“AnalyticalFoundations: MeasuringtheImpactofFiscalPolicyon

InequalityandPoverty.”Chapter4inLustig (editor)CommitmenttoEquityHandbook.AGuidetoEstimatingtheImpactofFiscal PolicyonInequalityandPoverty,TulaneUniversity andtheWorld Bank,Fall2016.

• Higgins,S.andN.Lustig.“AnalyzingtheImpactofTaxes,Transfers,andSubsidies onInequalityandPoverty.”and“TheCommitmenttoEquity(CEQ)Assessment: Indicators.”Chapters1and3(respectively)inLustig (editor)CommitmenttoEquityHandbook.AGuidetoEstimatingtheImpactofFiscalPolicyonInequalityandPoverty,TulaneUniversityandtheWorld Bank,Fall2016.

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Teams and references by country:(in parenthesis: survey year; C=consumption & I=income)

1. Argentina (2012-13; I) Rossignolo, Darío. 2016. CEQ Masterworkbook, CEQ Institute, Tulane University (February 28, 2016)

2. Armenia (2011;I) Younger, Stephen D., and Artsvi Khachatryan. forthcoming. “Fiscal Incidence in Armenia,” in: Inchauste, G., Lustig, N. (Eds.), The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy: Experience from Developing Countries. World Bank, Washington, D.C (forthcoming)

3. Bolivia (2009; I): Paz Arauco, Verónica, George Gray Molina, Wilson Jiménez Pozo, and Ernesto Yáñez Aguilar. 2014. “Explaining Low Redistributive Impact in Bolivia.” In Lustig, Nora, Carola Pessino and John Scott. 2014. Editors. The Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Latin America. Special Issue. Public Finance Review, May, Volume 42, Issue 3. (September 22, 2014)

4. Brazil (2009; I): Higgins, Sean and Claudiney Pereira. 2014. “The Effects of Brazil’s Taxation and Social Spending on the Distribution of Household Income.” In Lustig, Nora, Carola Pessino and John Scott. 2014. Editors. The Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Latin America. Special Issue. Public Finance Review, May, Volume 42, Issue 3. (November 4, 2014)

5. Chile (2009, I): Ruiz-Tagle, Jaime and Dante Contreras. 2014. CEQ Masterworkbook, Tulane University (August 27, 2014)

6. Colombia (2010, I): Lustig, Nora and Marcela Melendez. 2015. The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Inequality and Poverty in Colombia. CEQ Working Paper No 24, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue. Forthcoming.

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7. Costa Rica (2010; I): Sauma, Juan and Diego Trejos. 2014. Social Public Spending, Taxes, Redistribution of Income, and Poverty in Costa. CEQ Working Paper No. 18, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, January. (February 2014)

7. Dominican Republic (2006-2007, I) : Aristy-Escuder, J., M. Cabrera, B. Moreno-Dodson and M. E. Sánchez-Martín. 2016. “Fiscal policy and redistribution in the Dominican Republic.” CEQ Working Paper No 37, CEQ Institute. (forthcoming). Note: budgetary data was for 2013.

8. Ecuador: Llerena Pinto, Freddy Paul, María Christina Llerena Pinto, Roberto Carlos Saá Daza, and MaríaAndrea Llerena Pinto. 20Social Spending, Taxes and Income Redistribution in Ecuador. CEQ Working Paper No. 28, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, February.

9. El Salvador (2011; I): Beneke, Margarita, Nora Lustig y José Andrés Oliva. 2015. El impacto de los impuestos y el gasto social en la desigualdad y la pobreza en El Salvador. CEQ Working Paper No. 26, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, February. (March 11, 2014)

10. Ethiopia (2011; C): Hill, Ruth, Gabriela Inchauste, Nora Lustig, Eyasu Tsehaye and Tassew Woldehanna. forthcoming. “A Fiscal Incidence Analysis for Ethiopia,” in: Inchauste, G., Lustig, N. (Eds.), The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy: Experience from Developing Countries. World Bank, Washington, D.C (forthcoming)

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11. European Union (2011, I) : EUROMOD statistics on Distribution and Decomposition of Disposable Income, accessed at http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/euromod/statistics/ using EUROMOD version no. G2.0.

11. Georgia (2013; I): Cancho, Cesar and Elena Bondarenko. forthcoming. “The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in Georgia," in: Inchauste, G., Lustig, N. (Eds.), The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy: Experience from Developing Countries. World Bank, Washington, D.C (forthcoming)

12. Guatemala (2011; I): Cabrera, Maynor, Nora Lustig and Hilcías Morán. 2014. Fiscal Policy, Inequality and the Ethnic Divide in Guatemala. CEQ Working Paper No. 20, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, October. (April 13, 2014)

14. Honduras (2011; I): Castañeda, Ricardo e Ilya Espino. 2015. CEQ Masterworkbook, CEQ Institute, Tulane University (August 18, 2015)

15. Indonesia (2012; C) : Afkar, Rythia, Jon Jellema, and Mathew Wai-Poi. forthcoming. “The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in Indonesia,” in: Inchauste, Gabriela and Nora Lustig (Eds.), The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy: Experience from Developing Countries. World Bank, Washington, D.C (forthcoming)

16. Jordan (2010; C): Alam, Shamma A. , Gabriela Inchauste, and Umar Serajuddin. forthcoming. “The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in Jordan,” in: Inchauste, G., Lustig, N. (Eds.), The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy: Experience from Developing Countries. World Bank, Washington, D.C (forthcoming)

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17. Mexico (2010; I):Scott, John. 2014. “Redistributive Impact and Efficiency of Mexico’s Fiscal System.” In Lustig, Nora, Carola Pessino and John Scott. 2014. Editors. The Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Latin America. Special Issue. Public Finance Review, May, Volume 42, Issue 3. (September 2013)

18. Peru (2009; I): Jaramillo, Miguel. 2014. “The Incidence of Social Spending and Taxes in Peru.” In Lustig, Nora, Carola Pessino and John Scott. 2014. Editors. The Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Latin America. Special Issue. Public Finance Review, May, Volume 42, Issue 3. (May 1, 2013)

19. Russia (2010; I): Lopez-Calva, Luis F. , Nora Lustig, Mikhail Matytsin, and Daria Popova. forthcoming. “Who Benefits from Fiscal Redistribution in Russia?,” in: Inchauste, G., Lustig, N. (Eds.), The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy: Experience from Developing Countries. World Bank, Washington, D.C (forthcoming)

20. South Africa (2010; I): Inchauste, Gabriela, Nora Lustig, Mashekwa Maboshe, Catriona Purfield and Ingrid Wollard. forthcoming. “The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in South Africa,” in: Inchauste, G., Lustig, N. (Eds.), The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy: Experience from Developing Countries. World Bank, Washington, D.C (forthcoming)

21. Sri Lanka (2010; C): Arunatilake, Nisha, Gabriela Inchauste and Nora Lustig. forthcoming. “The Incidence of Taxes and Spending in Sri Lanka,” in: Inchauste, G., Lustig, N. (Eds.), The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy: Experience from Developing Countries. World Bank, Washington, D.C (forthcoming)

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22. Tunisia (2010, ???): Shimeles, A., A. Moummi, N. Jouini and N. Lustig. 2016. “Fiscal Incidence and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Tunisia,” CEQ Working Paper No. 38, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University. (forthcoming).

23. United States (2011, I): Higgins, S., N. Lustig, W. Ruble and T. Smeeding (2015), “Comparing the Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States”, Review of Income and Wealth, forthcoming.

24. Uruguay (2009; I): Bucheli, Marisa, Nora Lustig, Máximo Rossi, and Florencia Amábile. 2014. “Social Spending, Taxes and Income Redistribution in Uruguay.” In: Lustig, Nora, Carola Pessino and John Scott. 2014. Editors. The Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Latin America. Special Issue. Public Finance Review, May, Volume 42, Issue 3. (August 18, 2014)

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