Title Dominance testing of social sector expenditures and taxes in Africa / prepared by David E. Sahn and Stephen D. Younger

Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Department, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (44 pages) Series IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/99/172 IMF working paper ; WP/99/172. Summary One of the functions that people routinely expect governments to perform is to reduce inequality and poverty. This goal sits somewhat uncomfortably beside the more traditional concerns among economists for economic efficiency, including the provision of public goods. But it is important politically and socially, perhaps more so than issues of economic efficiency. Even the most neo-classical policymaker must heed a policy's consequences for the poor Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-44) Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Expenditures, Public. Public welfare -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Finance Taxation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Education -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Finance Income distribution -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Education -- Finance Expenditures, Public Income distribution Public welfare -- Finance Taxation SUBJECT Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Appropriations and expenditures Subject Sub-Saharan Africa Form Electronic book Author Younger, Stephen D International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Department. ISBN 1282039393 9781282039391 9781451903812 1451903812 1462394256 9781462394258 1452775419 9781452775418 9786613797001 6613797006

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