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WORKING PAPERS
Analytic Foundations: Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers - Working Paper 446
Ali Enami et al.
January 03, 2017
This paper provides a theoretical foundation for analyzing the redistributive effect of taxes and transfers for the case in which the ranking of individuals by pre-fiscal income remains unchanged. We show that in a world with more than a single fiscal instrument, the simple rule that progressive tax...
Blog Post
A Lot of Vision, A Little Time: Gayle Smith’s First Major Policy Speech
Scott Morris
March 11, 2016
Yesterday, USAID Administrator Gayle Smith delivered her first major policy speech in a cavernous Capitol Hill auditorium that was filled to capacity. Introducing USAID’s new head, Senator David Perdue expressed hope that Smith would have more time in the job than she thought she would. That&r...
Blog Post
Questions on the FY 2017 Budget Request
Beth Schwanke
and
Erin Collinson
February 16, 2016
Blog Post
A Billion Dollar Budget for MCC?
Sarah Rose
February 16, 2016
Will MCC finally be a billion dollar agency again? The President’s FY2017 budget request hopes to boost the agency out of the $900 million(ish) rut it’s been in for the last six years. 
Blog Post
FY16 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations
Beth Schwanke
and
Erin Collinson
July 14, 2015
Policy wonks usually bemoan the lack of a functional budget and appropriations process. This year, however, CGD’s policy outreach team is (reluctantly) crossing its fingers for a continuing resolution—an outcome that seems increasingly likely with only eight legislative weeks before the ...
Blog Post
Dismantling US Leadership One Budget at a Time, Part 2
Scott Morris
July 10, 2015
My earlier post on congressional funding for multilateral institutions betrayed little optimism about the Senate’s willingness to restore devastating funding cuts imposed by the House of Representatives. I had no idea. The newly released Senate funding levels are just bare...
Blog Post
What’s in the FY2016 International Affairs Budget Request?
Beth Schwanke
and
Erin Collinson
February 09, 2015
The President’s FY16 budget request launches what is sure to be an especially excruciating budget and appropriations process this year with battles over sequestration cuts not yet resolved and Republicans in control of Congress.