Income Distribution and Tax and Government Social Spending Policies in Developing Countries /

This paper reviews income distribution in developing (and transition) countries in recent decades. On average, before-tax income distribution in developing countries is less unequal than in industrial countries. However, unlike industrial countries, developing countries in general have not been able...

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1. Verfasser: Chu, Ke-young
Weitere Verfasser: Davoodi, Hamid, Gupta, Sanjeev
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/062
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF