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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
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Title
Public finance for poverty reduction.
International Standard Book Number
9780821368268
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Finance, Public-- Developing countries.
Poverty-- Government policy-- Africa, Case studies.
Poverty-- Government policy-- Latin America, Case studies.
Finances publiques-- Pays en voie de développement.
Pauvreté-- Politique gouvernementale-- Afrique, Cas, Études de.
Pauvreté-- Politique gouvernementale-- Amérique latine, Cas, Études de.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Macroeconomics.
Finance, Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
Poverty-- Government policy.
Social policy.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Africa, Social policy, Case studies.
Latin America, Social policy, Case studies.
Afrique, Politique sociale, Cas, Études de.
Amérique latine, Politique sociale, Cas, Études de.