Poverty and Equity Assessment for El Salvador 2024 : Improving Lives and Livelihoods - Background Note 6 : A Note on Distributive Effects of Fiscal Policy in El Salvador - 2023 (English)

Fiscal policy in El Salvador has the capacity to consolidate economic growth, providing greater resilience to the population against possible risks or boosting income generation. This note analyzes the impact of subsidies for energy, water and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), on poverty and household welfare. We use the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) approach with data from the Multipurpose Household Survey of El Salvador (EHPM) to simulate different policy...

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Author

World Bank;
Document Date
2024/12/09
Document Type
Poverty Assessment
Report Number
195447
Volume No
1
Country
El Salvador,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2024/12/11
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Poverty and Equity Assessment for El Salvador 2024 : Improving Lives and Livelihoods - Background Note 6 : A Note on Distributive Effects of Fiscal Policy in El Salvador - 2023

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

SV-El Salvador Poverty Assessment -- P500656

Major Sector

Public Administration

Theme

Economic Opportunities to Advance Gender Equality,Poverty and Equity,Poverty and Equity,Inclusive Growth,Gender,Macroeconomic Modeling,Economic Policy,Economic Growth,Macroeconomic Model Development

Sector

Central Government (Central Agencies)

Topics

Financial Inclusion,Labor Markets,Social Protection,Taxes and Government Revenue,Poverty and Fiscal, Financial and Economic Crisis,

Unit Owning

EFI-LCR-POV-Poverty and Equity (ELCPV)

Version Type

Final

Product Line

Advisory Services & Analytics

Citation

World Bank.

Poverty and Equity Assessment for El Salvador 2024 : Improving Lives and Livelihoods - Background Note 6 : A Note on Distributive Effects of Fiscal Policy in El Salvador - 2023 (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120924111122108

Poverty and Equity Assessment for El Salvador 2024 : Improving Lives and Livelihoods - Background Note 6 : A Note on Distributive Effects of Fiscal Policy in El Salvador - 2023 (English)

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