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Fiscal Policy, Poverty and Inequality in Jordan: The Role of Taxes and Public Spending

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dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Laura
dc.contributor.authorWai-Poi, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-22T16:05:18Z
dc.date.available2024-03-22T16:05:18Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-22
dc.description.abstractAnalysing who benefits from different taxes and spending is important to understand how fiscal policy is affecting poverty and inequality in Jordan. This study traces how the Jordanian fiscal system affects different households, while paying income tax and GST and benefiting from social assistance, and services, such as, cash transfers, electricity and water subsidies, education and health. The study finds that Jordan’s current fiscal system is modestly progressive, but more could be achieved. Inequality, as measured by the Gini Index, falls 5.8 points between household market incomes and post-fiscal incomes (after paying income and consumption taxes as well as receiving government transfers and subsidized services). When considering only monetary taxes and benefits (that is, excluding non-cash education and health services), inequality falls by only 2.6 points and poverty would be almost the same as the official poverty rate. Nonetheless, the recent expansion of social assistance programs is making Jordan’s fiscal policies more equalizing and there is scope for other reforms which would both close the fiscal gap while further reducing poverty and inequality.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099744203212423312/IDU1907bcc9217a661407f183c21a5fa22ae0150
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10732
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41258
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10732
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectFISCAL POLICY AND INEQUALITY
dc.subjectPOVERTY AND SOCIAL IMPACT
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectJORDAN
dc.titleFiscal Policy, Poverty and Inequality in Jordanen
dc.title.subtitleThe Role of Taxes and Public Spendingen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleFiscal Policy, Poverty and Inequality in Jordan: The Role of Taxes and Public Spending
okr.date.disclosure2024-03-22
okr.date.lastmodified2024-03-21T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099744203212423312/IDU1907bcc9217a661407f183c21a5fa22ae0150
okr.guid099744203212423312
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-907bcc92-7a66-407f-83c2-a5fa22ae0150
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10732
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10732
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34286293
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34286293
okr.identifier.reportWPS10732
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099744203212423312/pdf/IDU1907bcc9217a661407f183c21a5fa22ae0150.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryJordan
okr.sectorCentral Government (Central Agencies)
okr.themePublic Expenditure Management,Economic Policy,Public Finance Management,Fiscal Policy,Public Sector Management,Tax policy,Public Expenditure Policy
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Finance and Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicPublic Sector Development
okr.unitEFI-MNA-MTI-MacroFiscal (EMNMT)
okr.unitEFI-EAP-POV-Poverty and Equity (EEAPV)
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