Income Distribution and Tax and Government Social-Spending Policies in Developing Countries

Inequality Growth and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Chu, Ke Young ^a   Davoodi, Hamid ^b   Gupta, Sanjeev ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Developing economies; Distribution; Economic policy; Education; Government expenditure; Health; Hungary; Income distribution; Indonesia; Social policy; Social spending; Social spending policy; Tax reform; Taxes; Thailand; Transition countries; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947146579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199271410.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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