Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation : Rice Tariffs Versus Targeted Transfers in Madagascar /

This paper uses a partial equilibrium framework to evaluate the relative efficiency, distributional and revenue implications of rice tariffs and targeted transfers in Madagascar, especially in the context of identifying their respective roles for poverty alleviation. Although there are likely to be...

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Autor principal: Dorosh, Paul A.
Outros Autores: Coady, David, Minten, Bart
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/009
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF
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