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Macroeconomic Stability, Fiscal Policy and Taxation : National Development Strategy Croatia 2030 Policy Note
World Bank Group - 2019
Croatia has made significant economic progress since independence, but the global financial crisis has exposed weaknesses in its economy and growth model. While growth has resumed in 2015, income convergence has been thrown back by the crisis and by the prolonged recession that followed and is...
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Dominican Republic Tax System Review
World Bank Group - 2021
Despite decades of impressive economic growth, tax revenues in the Dominican Republic (DR) remain well below the regional average. The DR's tax base is extremely narrow, with extensive exemptions, deductions, zero-ratings, and allowances across all major tax categories. Tax expenditures amounted...
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Peru - Selected Issues in Fiscal Policy : Taxation and Equity
World Bank Group - 2015
This report takes an in-depth look, from a policy perspective, at the trade-offs between increasing tax collection and improving the equity of the fiscal system. As part of this effort, the report places the Peruvian tax system in an international context and considers the key challenges the...
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Ethiopia : Modelling the Impact of Tobacco Tax Policy Reforms on Tobacco Use and Domestic Resources Mobilization Under Different Scenarios
World Bank Group - 2018
As part of the ongoing tax policy dialogue with the Government of Ethiopia, the World BankGroup organized a workshop in Addis Ababa, on June 20, 2016, to discuss tobacco use, its healthimpact, and excise taxes on tobacco as a public policy measure to reduce tobacco use, and hencethe risk of ill...
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Evidence Brief : Countering Common Arguments against Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes
World Bank Group - 2020
Implementing governments need to be prepared to face considerable opposition in introducing and defending a new sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax. Arguments against SSB taxes tend to closely mirror those used against tobacco taxes, including that these taxes are not effective, are regressive...
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Nepal Fiscal Federalism Update, May 2024
World Bank Group - 2024
The World Bank's Nepal Fiscal Federalism Update (NFFU) aims to report annually on the progress of fiscal federalism in Nepal and identify implementation gaps. This second update reviews the progress on fiscal federalism since the publication of the first report and provides an update on economic...
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Pakistan's Public Agricultural Enterprises: Inefficiencies, Market Distorsions, and Proposals for Reform.
Faruqee, R.; Ali, R.; Choudhry, Y. - World Bank Group - 1995
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Managing Price Risk in the Pakistan Wheat Market.
Faruqee, R.; Coleman, J.R. - World Bank Group - 1996
The purpose of government intervention in the wheat market in Pakistan is to ensure food security of consumers and to … agriculture has been significantly negative. The World Bank is urging policy changes such as removing agricultural trade …
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Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Processing in Croatia's Food and Bio-Economy
World Bank Group - 2019
resulted in losses generated by the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector. Climate change impacts are expected to appear …
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Sierra Leone Public Expenditure Review 2021 : Sierra Leone Agriculture Sector Review
World Bank Group - 2021
comprised of four sector specific analyses: (i) health, (ii) education (iii) social protection, and (iv) agriculture. The …), except for health, and low spending efficiency scores the country experiences in these sectors. The Agriculture Sector Public … covers core issues related to the level and quality of public spending in agriculture, which will help to identify the …
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