TY - BOOK ID - 11271194 TI - Evaluating alternative approaches to poverty alleviation : rice tariffs versus targeted transfers in Madagascar AU - Coady, David. AU - Dorosh, Paul Anthony. AU - Minten, Bart. AU - International Monetary Fund. PY - 2008 SN - 1451868715 1462393144 1451913249 9786613822406 1452768269 1282558277 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept., DB - UniCat KW - Business & Economics KW - Industries KW - Rice trade KW - Tariff on farm produce KW - Poverty KW - Econometric models. KW - Madagascar KW - Economic policy KW - Economic conditions KW - Destitution KW - Farm produce KW - Tariff on agricultural products KW - Rice industry KW - Tariff KW - Madagaskar KW - Democratic Republic of Madagascar KW - Repoblika Demokratika n'i Madagaskar KW - Repoblika Demokratika Malagasy KW - République démocratique de Madagascar KW - RDM KW - Repoblikan'i Madagasikara KW - République de Madagascar KW - Repoblikan'i Madakasikara KW - Madagasikara KW - Republic of Madagascar KW - マダガスカル KW - Madagasukaru KW - מדגסקר KW - Wealth KW - Basic needs KW - Begging KW - Poor KW - Subsistence economy KW - Grain trade KW - Malagasy Republic KW - Investments: Commodities KW - Exports and Imports KW - Macroeconomics KW - Taxation KW - Trade Policy KW - International Trade Organizations KW - Agriculture: General KW - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions KW - Trade: General KW - Macroeconomics: Consumption KW - Saving KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Investment & securities KW - International economics KW - Tariffs KW - Agricultural commodities KW - Personal income KW - Imports KW - Consumption KW - Income KW - Economics KW - Madagascar, Republic of UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11271194 AB - This paper uses a partial equilibrium framework to evaluate the relative efficiency, distributional and revenue implications of rice tariffs and targeted transfers in Madagascar, especially in the context of identifying their respective roles for poverty alleviation. Although there are likely to be substantial efficiency gains from tariff reductions, these accrue mainly to higher income households. In addition, poor net rice sellers will lose from lower tariffs. Developing a system of well designed and implemented targeted direct transfers to poor households is thus likely to be a substantially more costeffective approach to poverty alleviation. Such an approach should be financed by switching revenue raising from rice tariffs to more efficient tax instruments. These policy conclusions are likely to be robust to the incorporation of general equilibrium considerations. ER -