Linking taxation and social protection: Evidence on redistribution and poverty reduction in Ethiopia

Kalle Hirvonen, Giulia Mascagni and Keetie Roelen

No wp-2016-111, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The reduction of poverty, and more recently inequality, are pressing concerns in many low- and middle-income countries, not in the least as a result of the Sustainable Development Goals committing countries to significant improvements by 2030. Redistribution is important for reaching these goals, and is shaped by countries' tax and welfare systems. Despite redistribution resulting from the simultaneous effect of revenue collection and public expenditures, policies and analyses of their distributional effects have largely been undertaken from narrow and singular perspectives.

Keywords: Equity; Income tax; Taxation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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