The Redistributive Effects of Fiscal Policy in Mali and Niger
This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing in Mali (by 2.4 percentage points) and Niger (2.5 percentage points). This is a result of primarily two factors: indirect taxes (...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/307791560775408803/The-Redistributive-Effects-of-Fiscal-Policy-in-Mali-and-Niger http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31900 |
| Summary: | This study assesses the redistributive
effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is
poverty increasing in Mali (by 2.4 percentage points) and
Niger (2.5 percentage points). This is a result of primarily
two factors: indirect taxes (value-added taxes and import
duties) and direct fiscal transfers. Although the richest
people in Mali and Niger pay the majority of indirect taxes,
the poorest people pay a nonnegligible amount (more than 8
and 10 percent for the bottom three deciles, respectively).
Although existing direct fiscal transfers have
poverty-reducing effects, they are too small (Mali) or not
well targeted (Niger). |
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