Social Spending (Lustig et al.)

The impact of taxes and social spending on inequality and poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru by Nora Lustig, George Gray-Molina, Sean Higgins, Miguel Jaramillo, Wilson Jiménez, Veronica Paz, Claudiney Pereira, Carola Pessino, John Scott and Ernesto Yañez. “…What prevents Argentina, Bolívia and Brazil from achieving similar reductions in inequality is not the lack of revenues but the fact that they spend less on cash transfers – especially transfers that are progressive in absolute terms – as a share of GDP…” PDF Attached