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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chu, Ke-young
Other Authors: Davoodi, Hamid, Gupta, Sanjeev
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/062
Online Access:Full text available on IMF