The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Maximum available resources (art. 2 (1)) 8. In order for the Committee to assess whether the State party is using the maximum available resources to realize the rights recognized in the Covenant, please provide information on the evolution over the past 10 years of: (a) The proportion of persons living below the poverty line and the levels of inequality, defined as the ratio between the total income accruing to the richest decile of the population and the total income of the poorest 40 per cent of the population; (b) The proportion of public revenue that is generated through taxes; (c) Tax rates levied on corporate profits and on personal income, the value added tax rate (exclusive of the value added tax on luxury items, tobacco, alcohol, sugary drinks and snacks, and petrol and diesel) and the percentage of total revenue that is generated from personal income taxes collected from the richest 10 per cent of the population; (d) Public expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product and, within total public expenditure, the proportion of the public budget that is allocated to social spending (social security, food, water and sanitation, housing, health and education), disaggregated by region; (e) Inflation-adjusted absolute levels of social spending. 9. Please provide information on measures taken to combat corruption effectively in both the public and the private sectors, especially in public service delivery, public procurement and the allocation of licences to the private sector. Please include information on the cases of corruption filed, investigated and prosecuted, including high-level corruption, and the sentences passed on those found guilty. Please respond to reports of arbitrary arrest, harassment and intimidation of anti-corruption activists. Non-discrimination (art. 2 (2)) 10. Please provide information on the steps taken to enact comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation to guarantee non-discriminatory enjoyment of the rights enshrined in the Covenant. Please indicate the progress made in addressing discriminatory stereotypes and de facto inequalities in the State party, and in ensuring non-discriminatory enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, paying particular attention to situations of Bedouin communities, women and girls, persons with disabilities, refugees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons. 19