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Income Inequality IMF's Work on Inequality

Inequality 2

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  • The IMF and inequality
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  • October 2017: Fiscal Monitor on Tackling inequality
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Introduction to inequality

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  • How is Income Inequality measured
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Research Papers

Minimum Wages, Inequality, and the Informal Sector
July 19, 2024
Designing a Progressive VAT
April 5, 2024
Deciphering the GloBE in a Low-Tax Jurisdiction
March 22, 2024
Efficient Economic Rent Taxation under a Global Minimum Corporate Tax
March 15, 2024
An Assessment of the 2019 and 2020 Pension Reforms in Mexico
March 8, 2024
Strengthening Income Stabilization through Social Protection in Emerging and Developing Economies: The Brazilian Experience
March 8, 2024
Searching for Wage Growth: Policy Responses to the “New Machine Age”
January 12, 2024
Inequality and Poverty in India: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Response
July 14, 2023
Capital Account Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Firm Level Data
March 3, 2023

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IMF Policy Papers

Interim Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Gender at The IMF
January 12, 2024
Gender Diversity In The Executive Board—Report Of The Executive Board To The Board Of Governors
November 8, 2022
IMF Strategy Toward Mainstreaming Gender
July 28, 2022
Budget Augmentation Framework
May 27, 2022
2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review— Background Paper on The Surveillance Priority Ensuring Economic Sustainability
May 18, 2021
2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review — Overview Paper
May 18, 2021
How to Operationalize Inequality Issues in Country Work
June 13, 2018
Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality
January 23, 2014

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Country Work

Hungary: Selected Issues
August 2, 2024
Japan: Selected Issues
May 13, 2024
Japan: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Japan
May 13, 2024
Republic of Slovenia: Technical Assistance Report-Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program- Corporate Income Tax Gap
March 10, 2023
Mexico: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release and Staff Report
November 4, 2022
Brazil: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Brazil
September 22, 2021
Senegal: Third Review Under the Policy Coordination Instrument and Request for Modification of Quantitative Targets, and Requests for a Stand-By Arrangement and an Arrangement Under the Standby Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Senegal
June 17, 2021
Thailand: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Thailand
June 3, 2021
Brazil: 2020 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Brazil
December 2, 2020

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Books

Women, Work, and Economic Growth: Leveling the Playing Field
February 15, 2017
Inequality and Fiscal Policy
September 21, 2015
Frontier and Developing Asia: The Next Generation of Emerging Markets
April 10, 2015
China: Competing in the Global Economy
February 24, 2003
Economic Policy and Equity
May 4, 1999

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