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Options for Low Income Countries Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : A Report to the G-20 Development Working Group by the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank

International Monetary Fund - 2015

Experience shows that there is often ample room for more effective and efficient use of investment tax incentives in low-income countries. Tax incentives generally rank low in investment climate surveys in low-income countries, and there are many examples in which they are reported to be...

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Reducing Undeclared Employment in Hungary : Synthesis Report of The World Bank Study

World Bank - 2012

Undeclared work and incomes are a serious concern for the Government of Hungary, primarily because of the negative … Hungary to the "tipping point" in the struggle against the undeclared economy. …

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Tax policy to reduce carbon emissions in South Africa

Devarajan, Shantayanan (contributor) - 2009

economic welfare costs, which are likely to be quite low. "--World Bank web site …

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The poverty impacts of the Doha Round in Cameroon : the role of tax policy

Emini, Christian Arnault - 2005

,000 following this scenario. Further investigations indicate that more ambitious world trade liberalization leads to greater poverty … tariff rate moves from 11.79 percent in the base run to merely 11.66 percent) so that world trade liberalization effects on … prices more than offset the adverse own liberalization effects in this scenario. If the rest of the world and Cameroon full …

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How tax policy and incentives affect foreign direct investment : a review

Morisset, Jacques - 2000

Tax incentives neither make up for serious deficiencies in a country's investment environment nor generate the desired externalities. But when other factors, such as infrastructure, transport costs, and political and economic stability are more or less equal, the taxes in one location may have a...

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Enhancing Non-SACU Revenue in Swaziland : Improving Tax Policy and Administration

World Bank - 2013

The collapse of Southern African Customs Union (SACU) revenue in 2009 has caused the Government to consider enhancing new sources of revenue in earnest to sustain its development policies. Existing plans that were prepared more than 5 years ago to introduce the Value-Added Tax (VAT) and create a...

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Options for Low Income Countries' Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : Tools for the Assessment of Tax Incentives

International Monetary Fund - 2015

This background paper describes five different tools that can be used for the assessment of tax incentives by governments in low income countries' (LICs). The first tool (an application of cost-benefit analysis) provides an overarching framework for assessment. Evaluations of the various costs...

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Pakistan - Tax Policy Report : Tapping Tax Bases for Development - Summary Report

World Bank - 2012

The main message of this report is that Pakistan can take measures to increase the tax to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio by around 3.5 percentage points over the next five years. In order to ensure a healthy long-run economic development, Pakistan needs to embrace substantial changes in tax...

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Pakistan - Tax Policy Report : Tapping Tax Bases for Development - Full Report

World Bank - 2012

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South Asia Development Update, April 2025 : Taxing Times

World Bank - 2025

Growth prospects for South Asia have dimmed. The global economic environment has become more challenging and is a source of heightened downside risks. After a decade of repeated disruptions, South Asia's buffers to cushion new shocks are slim. Tackling some of its greatest inefficiencies and...

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