East Asia and the Pacific

CHINA

WORKING PAPER 93
Lustig, Nora and Yang Wang. 2020. “The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Income Inequality, Poverty, and the Urban-Rural and Regional Income Gaps in China.” CEQ Working Paper 93, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, July.

INDONESIA

WORKING PAPER 31
Lustig, Nora. 2016. “Inequality and Fiscal Redistribution in Middle Income Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa.” Journal of Globalization and Development 7(1): 17–60.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jgd-2016-0015

Earlier Version:

Lustig, Nora. 2015. “Inequality and Fiscal Redistribution in Middle Income Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa.” CEQ Working Paper 31, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, July.

WORKING PAPER 40
Jellema, Jon, Matthew Wai-Poi and Rythia Afkar. 2017.“The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in Indonesia.”CEQ Working Paper 40, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, May.

MONGOLIA

Mongolia: Distributional Impact of Taxes and Transfers
The World Bank Group
November 2018

VIETNAM

Vietnam – Systematic Country Diagnostic 2016: Sustaining Success – Priorities for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth
The World Bank Group
2016.

CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES

WORKING PAPER 54
Nora Lustig. 2017. “Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Working Paper 54, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, January.

The Distributional Impact of Taxes and Transfers: Evidence from Eight Low & Middle Income Countries. Edited by Gabriela Inchauste and Nora Lustig, 2017, Washington DC: World Bank. 

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