KassoumHabibou/CEQ-Microsimulation-Tool-Malawi

# CEQ Microsimulation Tool for Malawi This repository contains a Shiny web application that implements the **Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Microsimulation Tool** for Malawi, developed by the World Bank's Poverty and Equity Global Practice for the Eastern and Southern Africa region. ## Overview The CEQ Microsimulation Tool is an interactive dashboard that enables policymakers and researchers to analyze the distributional impact of fiscal policies in Malawi. The tool supports evidence-based policy analysis by simulating how changes in taxes, transfers, and subsidies affect poverty, inequality, and welfare distribution across different population groups. **Live Application**: Malawi CEQ Microsimulation Tool ## Key Features ### Policy Simulation Capabilities The tool allows users to simulate reforms across multiple fiscal policy instruments: ## shiny_app Within this folder are scripts require for functioning of the profiles tool shiny app ======= #### **Direct Taxes** - **PAYE Income Tax**: Adjust tax rates across four income brackets - **Corporate Income Tax**: Modify tax rates by sector (18 economic sectors) with options to remove exemptions for agriculture and electricity companies #### **Indirect Taxes** - **Value Added Tax (VAT)**: Set item-level VAT rates for various goods and services - **Excise Taxes**: Configure excise tax rates for specific products (alcohol, tobacco, fuel, luxury goods) #### **Government Transfers** - **Direct Cash Transfers**: Government cash transfers and Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) - **Near-Cash Transfers**: 8 different programs including: - Free maize transfers - NFRA food aid - MASAF public works - Food/cash for work programs - Education scholarships (secondary and tertiary) - Other near-cash transfers #### **Subsidies** - **Electricity Subsidies**: Modify subsidized rates, consumption blocks, and firm allocation - **Fuel Subsidies**: Adjust national fuel subsidy allocation as percentage of GDP ### Analysis Outputs The …