Subject(s): Finance -- Developing countries. -- Poverty -- Public finance for poverty reduction : Role of government -- Concepts in public finance- debt, taxation, public expenditure tracking surveys and benefit incidence analysis : Debt sustainability for low income countries, review of standard and alternative concepts, revenue design and taxation, objectives of tax system, different tax instruments, redistribution of wealth and income, reducing tax burden on poor people -- Assessing front line service delivery- public expenditure tracking surveys, impact of budgets on poor- tax and expenditure benefit incidence analysis -- Case studies from Latin America and Caribbean region : Analyzing debt sustainability - application of SimSIP debt for Paraguay, evaluating a tax system in Mexico, budget deficit, weak tax administration, high tax evasion, potential tax reform packages, measuring targeting performance through public expenditure tracking surveys in Peru, benefit incidence analysis and social protection in Uruguay -- Case studies from Africa : Analyzing debt sustainability - concepts and tools applied for Guinea, Rwanda and Senegal, analyzing the potential impact of indirect tax reforms on poverty with limited data in Niger, tracking public expenditure in health and education in Rwanda, assessing targeting performance of social programs in Cape Verde