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Current measures of fiscal impoverishment and gains are not consistent with the law of diminishing returns. This paper proposes new measures of fiscal impoverishment and gains that are consistent with the law of diminishing returns, based on a methodology that gives more significance to greater income gaps, and more importance to the experience of the poorest individuals within the fiscal system. The new indicators are decomposable and cover the incidence, intensity, and severity of fiscal impoverishment and gains. An empirical illustration using the 2014 household consumption data reveals that, overall, in Niger the fiscal system is improving the welfare of the population: only 33.2 percent of the population has become poorer due to the fiscal system, while the remaining 66.8 percent has become richer because of it. Moreover, the mean relative fiscal loss (0.014), is 11 percent lower than the mean relative fiscal gain (0.126).

Diminishing Returns --- Economic Adjustment and Lending --- Education for All --- Educational Populations --- Fiscal Gains --- Fiscal Impoverishment --- Fiscal Losses --- Food Security --- Gender --- Gender and Development --- Inequality --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Poverty Reduction --- Welfare

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Up to February 2020, Chad's economy continued its gradual, but mild recovery, supported by a substantial increase in oil and agriculture production. Since March 2020, like in the rest of the world, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically changed Chad's macroeconomic outlook. Chad's economic prospects have not only been clouded, but they remain subject to considerable downside risks. To mitigate the negative impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Chad, the authorities announced economic and social measures to support households and private companies in recent months. The authorities are to continue to strengthen some measures already taken while introducing new measures to protect lives, livelihoods, and the future.

Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies --- Coronavirus --- COVID-19 --- Debt Restructuring --- Economic Growth --- Fiscal and Monetary Policy --- Inequality --- Living Standards --- Macroeconomic Management --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Monetary Policy --- Poverty --- Poverty Reduction