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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820870103321

Titolo

The impact of economic policies on poverty and income distribution : evaluation techniques and tools / / Francois Bourguignon, Luiz A. Pereira da Silva, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press, New York, c2003

ISBN

1-280-08678-5

9786610086788

0-585-47677-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xx, 418 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

BourguignonFrancois

SilvaLuiz A. Pereira da

Disciplina

339.4/6

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Evaluation

Poverty

Income distribution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-395) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Microeconomic Techniques -- 1 Estimating the Incidence of Indirect Taxes in Developing Countries -- 2 Analyzing the Incidence of Public Spending -- 3 Behavioral Incidence Analysis of Public Spending and Social Programs -- 4 Estimating Geographically Disaggregated WelfareLevels and Changes -- 5 Assessing the Poverty Impact of an Assigned Program -- 6 Ex Ante Evaluation of Policy Reforms Using Behavioral Models -- 7 Generating Relevant Household-Level Data: -- 8 Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Program Evaluation -- Part II. Macroeconomic Techniques -- 10 Predicting the Effect of Aggregate Growth on Poverty -- 11 Linking Aggregate Macroconsistency Models to Household Surveys: A Poverty Analysis Macroeconomic Simulator, or PAMS -- 12 Partial Equilibrium Multimarket Analysis -- 13 The 123PRSP Model -- 14 Social Accounting Matrices and SAM-Based Multiplier Analysis -- 15 Poverty



and Inequality Analysis in a General Equilibrium Framework: -- Conclusion -- Where to Go from Here? -- Annex: Summary of Evaluation Techniques and Tools -- Bibliography and References -- Contributors -- Index -- Tables -- Figures -- Boxes.