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Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution?

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dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T19:12:24Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T19:12:24Z
dc.date.issued2009-09-01
dc.description.abstractDevelopment 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 using data for 90 developing countries. The capacity for redistribution is measured by the marginal tax rate on those who are not poor by rich-country standards that is needed to cover the poverty gap or to provide a poverty-level of basic income, judged by developing-country standards. For most (but not all) countries with annual consumption per capita under $2,000 (at 2005 purchasing power parity) the required tax burdens are found to be prohibitive-often calling for marginal tax rates of 100 percent or more. By contrast, the required tax rates are quite low (1 percent on average) among all countries with consumption per capita over $4,000, as well as some poorer 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 economic development.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090909133807
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5046
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4238
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5046
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSOLUTE VALUE
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectAGGREGATE INCOME
dc.subjectAGGREGATE POVERTY
dc.subjectAID DONORS
dc.subjectALLEVIATION OF POVERTY
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFER
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCITIZENSHIP
dc.subjectCONSUMER DEMAND
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectCOUNTRY LEVEL
dc.subjectCOUNTRY PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectCREDIT CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectDATA SET
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectECONOMICS LETTERS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ISSUE
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
dc.subjectFOREIGN AID
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORM
dc.subjectGINI INDEX
dc.subjectGLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectGROSS INCOME
dc.subjectGROWTH EFFECT
dc.subjectGROWTH ELASTICITY
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHETEROSKEDASTICITY
dc.subjectHIGH INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHIGH INEQUALITY COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHIGHER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME GROUPS
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectINCOME REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME SHARE
dc.subjectINCOME TAX
dc.subjectINCOME TAXES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subjectINEQUALITY WILL
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectLOG GINI
dc.subjectLOW INEQUALITY
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectMARGINAL TAX
dc.subjectMARGINAL TAX RATE
dc.subjectMARGINAL TAX RATES
dc.subjectMEAN CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectMEAN INCOMES
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
dc.subjectMEDIAN POVERTY
dc.subjectMEDIAN VOTER
dc.subjectMEDIAN VOTER THEOREM
dc.subjectMIDDLE CLASS
dc.subjectMONETARY FUND
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectNATIONAL SURVEYS
dc.subjectNEGATIVE CORRELATION
dc.subjectNEGATIVE GROWTH
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY ISSUES
dc.subjectPOLICY REFORMS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLICY REVIEW
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTIES
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRY
dc.subjectPOOR REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPOSITIVE COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectPOSITIVE GROWTH
dc.subjectPOSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY POLICIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROBLEM
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRIVATE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPRO-POOR
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC CHOICE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subjectQUALITY GROWTH
dc.subjectRATE OF GROWTH
dc.subjectREDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
dc.subjectREDISTRIBUTIVE POLICY
dc.subjectREDUCING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectREDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subjectRELATIVE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRICH COUNTRIES
dc.subjectRICH PEOPLE
dc.subjectRICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICY
dc.subjectSTANDARD DEVIATION
dc.subjectTAX SYSTEMS
dc.subjectUNEQUAL COUNTRIES
dc.titleDo Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution?en
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okr.crossref.titleDo Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity For Redistribution?
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid256451468339014146
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5046
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20090909133807
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum11057319
okr.identifier.reportWPS5046
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.sectorHealth and other social services :: Other social services
okr.themePoverty strategy, analysis and monitoring,Analysis of economic growth
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management,Economic management
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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