The Redistributive Effects of Fiscal Policy in Mali and Niger (English)

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing in Mali (by 2.4 percentage points) and Niger (2.5 percentage points). This is a result of primarily two factors: indirect taxes (value-added taxes and import duties) and direct fiscal transfers. Although the richest people in Mali and Niger pay the majority of indirect taxes, the poorest people pay a nonnegligible amount (more than...

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Author

Hounsa,Mahunan Thierry;

Coulibaly,Mohamed;

Sanoh,Aly;
Document Date
2019/06/17
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
137995
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2019/06/18
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The Redistributive Effects of Fiscal Policy in Mali and Niger
Keywords
market income

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Hounsa,Mahunan Thierry; Coulibaly,Mohamed; Sanoh,Aly.

The Redistributive Effects of Fiscal Policy in Mali and Niger (English). Poverty and Equity Global Practice Working Paper Series|no. 208 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/966741560877543325

The Redistributive Effects of Fiscal Policy in Mali and Niger (English)

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