| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 474 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Directions in development. Poverty |
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Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty.
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| Contents |
Public finance for poverty reduction / Blanca Moreno-Dodson and Quentin Wodon -- Debt sustainability for low-income countries / Danny Cassimon, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, and Quentin Wodon -- Revenue design and taxation / Eric M. Zolt -- Assessing front-line serrvice delivery : public expenditure tracking surveys / Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson -- The impact of budgets on the poor / Jorge Martínez-Vázquez -- Analyzing debt sustainability / Bernhard G. Gunter and Quentin Wodon -- Evaluating a tax system : Mexico / Jorge Martínez-Vázquez -- Measuring targeting performance through public expenditure tracking surveys : Peru / José R. López-Cálix, Lorena Alcázar, and Erik Wachtenheim -- Benefit incidence analysis and social protection : Uruguay / Edmundo Murrugarra -- Analyzing debt sustainability : concepts and tools applied for Guinea, Rwanda, and Senegal / Bernhard G. Gunter and Quentin Wodon -- Analyzing the potential impact of indirect tax reforms on poverty with limited data : Niger / Saloua Sehili and Quentin Wodon -- Tracking public expenditure in health and education : Rwanda / Hippolyte Fofack -- Assessing the targeting performance of social programs : Cape Verde / Diego Angel-Urdinola and Quentin Wodon |
| Summary |
This book presents some basic theoretical concepts of public finance with a particular emphasis on its impact poverty reduction. Eight case studies from Latin America and Africa illustrate how these concepts are applied in practice and the implementation issues that emerge |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Finance, Public -- Developing countries
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Poverty -- Government policy -- Africa -- Case studies
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Poverty -- Government policy -- Latin America -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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Finance, Public
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Poverty -- Government policy
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Social policy
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Social policy -- Case studies
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Latin America -- Social policy -- Case studies
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| Subject |
Africa
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Developing countries
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Latin America
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moreno-Dodson, Blanca.
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Wodon, Quentin.
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| ISBN |
9780821368275 |
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0821368273 |
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9780821368275 |
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0821368265 |
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9780821368268 |
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6611113177 |
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9786611113179 |
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1281113174 |
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9781281113177 |
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