Price and tax subsidies: effectiveness and challenges (English)

Many governments use price and tax subsidization to meet social protection objectives. They endeavor to reduce the cost of living for their population-or for a subset of the population-by subsidizing the price of goods or services in lieu of, or in addition to, direct income transfers. While these subsidies may distort production incentives, subsidize the non-poor more than the poor, and limit consumer choice, there are reasons why a government may...

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Mackintosh,Fiona J.;

Del Ninno,Carlo;
Document Date
2003/01/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
33354
Volume No
1
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1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Price and tax subsidies: effectiveness and challenges
Keywords
safety net program

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Mackintosh,Fiona J.; Del Ninno,Carlo.

Price and tax subsidies: effectiveness and challenges (English). Social Safety Nets Primer Notes; no. 4 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/249571468137729475

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