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The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in Honduras

Author/Editor: David Locke Newhouse, Irene Yackovlev, Robert Gillingham.

Release Date:July, 2008

This paper uses household survey data to estimate the incidence of tax and spending programs in Honduras. Any such exercise is fraught with difficulty, so our simplifying assumptions are carefully more...



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Distributional Implications of the VAT Reform in the Philippines

Author/Editor: David Locke Newhouse, Daria Zakharova.

Release Date:July, 2007

This paper assesses the distributional impact of the recent VAT reform in the Philippines and evaluates alternative methods to mitigate the effects of the reform on poor households. The reform was more...



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Health Aid and Infant Mortality

Author/Editor: David Locke Newhouse, Prachi Mishra.

Release Date:April, 2007

This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant more...



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The Magnitude and Distribution of Fuel Subsidies : Evidence from Bolivia, Ghana, Jordan, Mali, and Sri Lanka

Author/Editor: Robert Gillingham, David Locke Newhouse, David Coady, Kangni Kpodar, Moataz El-Said, Paulo A Medas.

Release Date:November, 2006

With the recent jump in world oil prices, the issue of petroleum product pricing has become increasingly important in developing countries. Reflecting a reluctance of many governments to pass these more...



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