This note examines the effective income tax rates of top earners in Honduras, using a novel approach that links personal and corporate income tax data. This comprehensive income measure, achieved through...
The report consists of the following: Section 1 analyzes the crucial role trade played in Viet Nam’s rapid industrialization and development over the last three decades. Section 2 highlights the emerging...
On September 18, 2024, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and six. It was resolved that the Report of the Executive...
Using real-time data and machine-learning methods, we produce monthly aggregates on gross national income (GNI) for 147 Pakistani districts between 2012 and 2021. We use them to understand whether and...
Spatial isolation is considered to be one of the main determinants of poverty. Therefore, many transport investments are undertaken with the stated objective of poverty reduction. This paper evaluates...
This study explores the impact of a light-touch job-facilitation intervention that supported young female job seekers during the application process for factory work in a newly constructed industrial park...
Poverty and income inequality are deleterious to well-being, social, political and economic stability, economic growth and prosperity. The subjects, therefore, rank high among the current challenges facing...
Over the period 1990-2015, many countries experienced a reduction in extreme absolute poverty and an increase in relative poverty. As a result, the global trend of “overall” income poverty, which combines...