Taxation and human rightss 2014, para. 38

Párrafo
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Taxation policies also have the potential to reduce income and wealth inequalities, depending on their level and progressiveness. This is a crucial goal, because inequalities have been shown to slow the pace of poverty reduction, create intergenerational poverty traps through uneven access to health and education, and increase the vulnerability of societies to economic crises. Some research has shown that improvement in income distribution is the key channel for poverty reduction. In most economies, the redistribution achieved through income taxes is even higher than for means-tested social transfers.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
  • Economic Rights
  • Poverty
Personas afectadas
  • N.A.
Año
2014
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Paragraph number
38