this was much higher than in developing countries where that share was on average only per cent in africa per cent in east south and southeast asia per cent in latin america per cent in the transition economies and per cent in west asia table as a result developing countries on average have had less scope to influence income distribution through fiscal measures several studies have found that many lowincome and least developed countries experienced a decline in their public revenue in the s and s mostly as result of falling income and trade taxes heady khattry and mohan rao gemmell and morrissey in the s the fiscalrevenuetogdp ratio declined in out of countries in latin america and the caribbean sainz and calcagno