01813cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005164 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451870268 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Newhouse, David Locke. The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in Honduras / David Locke Newhouse, Irene Yackovlev, Robert Gillingham. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (20 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 uses household survey data to estimate the incidence of tax and spending programs in Honduras. Any such exercise is fraught with difficulty, so our simplifying assumptions are carefully explained. Rather than look at tax and spending completely independently, we evaluate net incidence of major programs-such as health care and pensions-to get a more holistic evaluation of redistribution. Our results show that fiscal policy is, on balance, progressive, but that there is room for significant improvement. In particular, energy subsidies, university education and public pension programs provide disproportionate benefits to higher-income households. Mode of access: Internet Gillingham, Robert. Yackovlev, Irene. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/168 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/168/001.2008.issue-168-en.xml IMF e-Library