Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization
The 2015 United Nations resolution on Financing for Development stresses the importance of effective resource mobilization and use of domestic resources to pursue sustainable development. The first Sustainable Development Goal is to eradicate extre...
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okr-10986-264672021-06-08T14:42:45Z Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization Bolch, Kimberly B. Ceriani, Lidia Lopez-Calva, Luis F. POLITICS RESOURCE ALLOCATION POVERTY GAP FISCAL CAPACITY TAXATION POLITICAL INFLUENCE SDGs SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS EXTREME POVERTY REDISTRIBUTION POVERTY ERADICATION The 2015 United Nations resolution on Financing for Development stresses the importance of effective resource mobilization and use of domestic resources to pursue sustainable development. The first Sustainable Development Goal is to eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030. This paper proposes an accounting exercise to assess whether it is feasible for countries to eliminate poverty using only domestic resources, in other words, by mere redistribution. Moreover, the paper argues that the concentration of resources in the hands of fewer individuals in the society may hinder the feasibility of implementing effective fiscal policies (from the revenue side and the social spending side) to reduce poverty. The paper provides a new tool to assess the capacity of countries to eliminate poverty through redistribution, and a new tool to approximate the concentration of political influence in a country. The new methodologies are applied to the most recent surveys available for more than 120 developing countries. The findings show that countries with the same fiscal capacity to mobilize resources for poverty eradication differ widely in the political feasibility of such redistribution policies. 2017-04-26T21:22:42Z 2017-04-26T21:22:42Z 2017-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/622051492453425277/Arithmetics-and-politics-of-domestic-resource-mobilization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26467 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8029 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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POLITICS RESOURCE ALLOCATION POVERTY GAP FISCAL CAPACITY TAXATION POLITICAL INFLUENCE SDGs SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS EXTREME POVERTY REDISTRIBUTION POVERTY ERADICATION Bolch, Kimberly B. Ceriani, Lidia Lopez-Calva, Luis F. Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization |
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The 2015 United Nations resolution on
Financing for Development stresses the importance of
effective resource mobilization and use of domestic
resources to pursue sustainable development. The first
Sustainable Development Goal is to eradicate extreme poverty
for all people everywhere by 2030. This paper proposes an
accounting exercise to assess whether it is feasible for
countries to eliminate poverty using only domestic
resources, in other words, by mere redistribution. Moreover,
the paper argues that the concentration of resources in the
hands of fewer individuals in the society may hinder the
feasibility of implementing effective fiscal policies (from
the revenue side and the social spending side) to reduce
poverty. The paper provides a new tool to assess the
capacity of countries to eliminate poverty through
redistribution, and a new tool to approximate the
concentration of political influence in a country. The new
methodologies are applied to the most recent surveys
available for more than 120 developing countries. The
findings show that countries with the same fiscal capacity
to mobilize resources for poverty eradication differ widely
in the political feasibility of such redistribution policies. |
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Bolch, Kimberly B. Ceriani, Lidia Lopez-Calva, Luis F. |
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Bolch, Kimberly B. Ceriani, Lidia Lopez-Calva, Luis F. |
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Bolch, Kimberly B. |
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Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization |
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Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization |
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Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization |
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Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization |
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Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization |
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arithmetics and politics of domestic resource mobilization |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/622051492453425277/Arithmetics-and-politics-of-domestic-resource-mobilization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26467 |
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