01646cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000638 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451849844 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Gupta, Sanjeev. Does Corruption Affect Income Inequality and Poverty? / Sanjeev Gupta. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (41 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper demonstrates that high and rising corruption increases income inequality and poverty by reducing economic growth, the progressivity of the tax system, the level and effectiveness of social spending, and the formation of human capital, and by perpetuating an unequal distribution of asset ownership and unequal access to education. These findings hold for countries with different growth experiences, at different stages of development, and using various indices of corruption. An important implication of these results is that policies that reduce corruption will also lower income inequality and poverty. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/076 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1998/076/001.1998.issue-076-en.xml IMF e-Library