01711cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017660 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484300923 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Togo : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <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 Selected Issues paper provides an assessment of the redistributive impact of fiscal policies in Togo by estimating the impact of taxation and spending on household-level income inequality and poverty rates. Although the combination of direct taxes and subsidies is found to reduce inequality, it increases poverty rates, as the value of taxes paid by lower-income households outweighs the value of transfers they receive, increasing the share of the population living below the poverty line. These findings highlight the importance of targeting spending to lower-income households as the authorities progressively shift public spending from infrastructure to social expenditures. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2017/128 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2017/128/002.2017.issue-128-en.xml IMF e-Library