Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution?

Development aid and policy discussions often assume that poorer countries have less internal capacity for redistribution in favor of their poorest citizens. The assumption is tested for 90 developing countries. Most countries fall into one of two groups: those with little or no realistic prospect of...

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Main Author:	Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4870

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spelling	okr-10986-48702021-04-23T14:02:20Z Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution? Ravallion, Martin Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Development aid and policy discussions often assume that poorer countries have less internal capacity for redistribution in favor of their poorest citizens. The assumption is tested for 90 developing countries. Most countries fall into one of two groups: those with little or no realistic prospect of addressing extreme poverty through redistribution from the "rich" and those that would appear to have ample scope for such redistribution. Economic growth tends to move countries from the first group to the second. Thus the appropriate balance between growth and redistribution strategies can be seen to depend on the level of economic development. 2012-03-30T07:30:08Z 2012-03-30T07:30:08Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of Globalization and Development 19481837 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4870 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	Development aid and policy discussions often assume that poorer countries have less internal capacity for redistribution in favor of their poorest citizens. The assumption is tested for 90 developing countries. Most countries fall into one of two groups: those with little or no realistic prospect of addressing extreme poverty through redistribution from the "rich" and those that would appear to have ample scope for such redistribution. Economic growth tends to move countries from the first group to the second. Thus the appropriate balance between growth and redistribution strategies can be seen to depend on the level of economic development.
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title	Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution?
title_short	Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution?
title_full	Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution?
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Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution?

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