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Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization

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dc.contributor.authorBolch, Kimberly B.
dc.contributor.authorCeriani, Lidia
dc.contributor.authorLopez-Calva, Luis F.
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-26T21:22:42Z
dc.date.available2017-04-26T21:22:42Z
dc.date.issued2017-04
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/622051492453425277/Arithmetics-and-politics-of-domestic-resource-mobilization
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8029
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26467
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8029
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOLITICS
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectFISCAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INFLUENCE
dc.subjectSDGs
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectREDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ERADICATION
dc.titleArithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilizationen
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8029
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okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicGovernance::Politics and Government
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Taxation & Subsidies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.unitWorld Development Report Team, Development Economics; and the Poverty and Equity Global Practice Group
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