The arithmetics and politics of domestic resource mobilization for poverty eradication

Growth and inequality trade-offs to eradicate absolute poverty

“…Here we estimate lognormal distributions from the historical parameters, which is commonly adopted to model income distribution and is empirically found to represent most of low-mid income population [ 39 ]. Our TB scheme is a bit different from Bolch et al‘s tax scenario 2 [ 28 ], which applies a fixed tax rate for population above a given affluence line ($13/day (2005 PPP)) to fill the poverty gap based on a different poverty line ($2/day (2005 PPP)). So, their results are not directly comparable with our findings.…”

“…Some studies investigate whether countries have enough capacity to eradicate their own poverty gaps by introducing marginal tax rates for non-poor population [ 27 , 28 ]. While they share similar viewpoints on the challenges of domestic redistribution in meeting the poverty target, they don't explore quantitatively the role of economic growth in tackling the same target.…”

International Attitudes Toward Global Policies

“…Addressing global poverty, inequalities, and climate change are central to the universally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). As highlighted by Bolch et al (2022), low-income countries often lack sufficient domestic resources to eradicate poverty in the short term, indicating the need for international transfers to rapidly end global poverty. In Beyond the Welfare State, Gunnar Myrdal (1960) called for a welfare world.…”

Growth and Inequality Trade-Offs to Eradicate Absolute Poverty

“…Here we estimate lognormal distributions from the historical parameters, which is commonly adopted to model income distribution and is empirically found to represent most of low-mid income population [39]. Our TB scheme is a bit different from Bolch et al's tax scenario 2 [28], which applies a fixed tax rate for population above a given affluence line ($13/day (2005 PPP)) to fill the poverty gap based on a different poverty line ($2/day (2005 PPP)). So, their results are not directly comparable with our findings.…”