Research Catalog

Title

Public finance for poverty reduction : concepts and case studies from Africa and Latin America / edited by Blanca Moreno-Dodson, Quentin Wodon.

Publication

Washington DC : World Bank, c2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Moreno-Dodson, Blanca
• Wodon, Quentin

Description

xxvi, 474 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

The book, public finance for poverty reduction, includes a series of papers that were prepared in the context of a World Bank Institute (WBI) public finance The book, public finance for poverty reduction, includes a series of papers that were prepared in the context of a WBI public finance learning program intended to build capacity in developing countries, with a special focus on Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. The book places a particular emphasis on the fiscal issues encountered by countries that are in the process of implementing a poverty reduction strategy. It provides an innovative analysis of many difficult policy issues plaguing less-developed economies in growing their economies while achieving poverty reduction. It also is appropriately concerned with administrative practice, and it provides excellent case studies on some new approaches to improving fiscal, spending, and tax policies in less-developed economies. The first chapters in public finance are appropriately 'theoretical' in reviewing basic concepts, such as fiscal sustainability, revenue design, accountability measures, and tax and benefit analysis. Without focusing too much on the concepts alone, the chapters provide good discussions of practical solutions to some of the difficulties faced by governments in reaching their objectives. The chapters in part two evaluate approaches to policies to stabilize the economy, reduce poverty, or implement better spending programs in Paraguay, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Part three focuses on the poorest continent Africa with case studies of Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Niger, and Cape Verde. The most useful aspect of these case studies is that they provide helpful ideas for implementing policies rather than just focusing on the problems. The best part of this book, therefore, is that it offers hope to governments that it is possible to successfully implement public policies focused on fiscal stabilization, economic growth, and poverty reduction.

Series Statement

Directions in development. Poverty

Subject

• Finance, Public > Developing countries
• Poverty > Government policy > Africa > Case studies
• Poverty > Government policy > Latin America > Case studies
• Latin America > Social policy > Case studies
• Africa > Social policy > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Public finance for poverty reduction / Blanca Moreno-Dodson and Quentin Wodon -- Debt sustainability for low-income countries / Danny Cassimon, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, and Quentin Wodon -- Revenue design and taxation / Eric M. Zolt -- Assessing front-line serrvice delivery : public expenditure tracking surveys / Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson -- The impact of budgets on the poor / Jorge Martínez-Vázquez -- Analyzing debt sustainability / Bernhard G. Gunter and Quentin Wodon -- Evaluating a tax system : Mexico / Jorge Martínez-Vázquez -- Measuring targeting performance through public expenditure tracking surveys : Peru / José R. López-Cálix, Lorena Alcázar, and Erik Wachtenheim -- Benefit incidence analysis and social protection : Uruguay / Edmundo Murrugarra -- Analyzing debt sustainability : concepts and tools applied for Guinea, Rwanda, and Senegal / Bernhard G. Gunter and Quentin Wodon -- Analyzing the potential impact of indirect tax reforms on poverty with limited data : Niger / Saloua Sehili and Quentin Wodon -- Tracking public expenditure in health and education : Rwanda / Hippolyte Fofack -- Assessing the targeting performance of social programs : Cape Verde / Diego Angel-Urdinola and Quentin Wodon.

ISBN

• 9780821368268
• 9780821368275 (electronic)

LCCN

^^2007025942

OCLC

• 145396677
• SCSB-11675843

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library