Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fiscal policy and income inequality : an overview / Benedict Clements, Ruud de Mooij, Maura Francese, Sanjeev Gupta, and Michael Keen -- The IMF and income distribution / Benedict Clements, Vitor Gaspar, Sanjeev Gupta, and Tidiane Kinda -- Inequality and fiscal redistribution in advanced economies / David Coady, Ruud de Mooij, and Baoping Shang -- Fiscal redistribution in developing countries : overview of policy issues and options / Francesca Bastagli, David Coady, and Sanjeev Gupta -- Poverty and distribution : thirty years ago and now / Ravi Kanbur -- Functional income distribution and its role in explaining inequality / Maura Francese and Carlos Mulas-Granados -- The wealth of nations : stylized facts and options for taxation / Luc Eyraud -- Fiscal consolidation and inequality in advanced economies : how robust is the link? / Davide Furceri, João Tovar Jalles, and Prakash Loungani -- Fiscal consolidation and income inequality / Stefania Fabrizio and Valentina Flamini -- International corporate tax spillovers and redistributive policies in developing countries / Ruud de Mooij, Thornton Matheson, and Roberto Schatan -- Taxing immovable property : revenue potential and implementation challenges / John Norregaard -- Targeting and indirect tax design / Michael Keen -- Carbon tax burdens on low-income households : a reason for delaying climate policy? / Ian Parry -- The unequal benefits of fuel subsidies revisited : evidence for developing countries / David Coady, Valentina Flamini, and Louis Sears -- Equity considerations in the design of public pension systems / Benedict Clements, Csaba Feher, and Sanjeev Gupta -- The redistributive impact of government spending on education and health : evidence from thirteen developing countries in the Commitment to Equity Project / Nora Lustig -- Income inequality, fiscal decentralization, and transfer dependency / Caroline-Antonia Hummel and Mike Seiferling -- Reinventing the Dutch tax-benefit system : exploring the frontier of the equity-efficiency trade-off / Ruud de Mooi -- Growing (un)equal : fiscal policy and income inequality in China and BRlC+ / Serhan Cevik and Carolina Correa-Caro -- The quest for the Holy Grail : efficient and equitable fiscal consolidation in India / Chadi Abdallah, David Coady, Sanjeev Gupta, and Emine Hanedar -- A path to equitable fiscal consolidation in the Republic of Congo / Maximilien Queyranne, Dalia Hakura, and Cameron McLoughlin -- Fiscal adjustment and income inequality in Brazilian states / João Pedro Azevedo, Antonio C. David, and Fabiano Rodrigues Bastos.

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