In response to a growing interest in comparing inequality levels and trends across countries,
a number of cross-national inequality databases are now available. These databases differ …

Particularly in developing countries, there is a gap between written law and behavior.
Comparative research emphasizes that laws go unenforced due to resource constraints or …

How much redistribution and poverty reduction is being accomplished in Latin America
through social spending, subsidies, and taxes? Standard fiscal incidence analyses applied …

Carbon taxes are an economically effective and efficient policy measure to address climate
change mitigation. However, they can have severe adverse distributional effects. Recycling …

This paper examines the redistributive impact of fiscal policy for Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa using comparable fiscal incidence analysis with …

To analyze anti-poverty policies in tandem with the taxes used to pay for them, comparisons
of poverty before and after taxes and transfers are often used. We show that these …

How can this puzzle of larger demands and fiscal strengthening be solved? This edition of
the development in the Americas (DIA) report focuses precisely on this question. The book …

Guatemala is among the most unequal countries in Latin America. It also has the highest
incidence of poverty, especially for the indigenous population. In this paper we do a fiscal …

Since the end of apartheid in the early 1990s, South Africa has made progress toward
establishing a more equitable society. In particular, advances in areas such as electrification …

A major challenge facing Indian cities is the expansion of informal housing beyond state
control or regulation. In Mumbai, the financial capital of India, forty-two percent of the …