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Tax-benefit microsimulation modelling in Mozambique: A feasibility study

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  • Helen Barnes
  • Vanda Castelo
  • Finório Castigo
  • António S. Cruz
  • Michell Mpike
  • Michael Noble
  • Gemma Wright

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This paper assesses the feasibility of developing a tax and benefit microsimulation model in Mozambique. Mozambique's National Development Strategy 2015-35 commits to providing social security to three-quarters of poor and vulnerable households by 2035. Tax-benefit microsimulation can be used to explore ways in which this goal could be achieved as well as the distributional impact of implementing more comprehensive social security arrangements.

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  • Helen Barnes & Vanda Castelo & Finório Castigo & António S. Cruz & Michell Mpike & Michael Noble & Gemma Wright, 2016. "Tax-benefit microsimulation modelling in Mozambique: A feasibility study," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-27, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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