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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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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 … to strengthen firm-level productivity, investment, and wages. Croatia has the smallest goods export sector among its … Croatia a more attractive destination for investments, which in turn would help boost output, reduce unemployment, and provide …

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North Macedonia : Environmental Tax Reform Options and Outcomes

World Bank Group - 2021

This paper aims to contribute to the Government's plans by highlighting key policy options for reforming the tax system to address environmental concerns. It does this through firstly assessing the existing tax system to understand the incentives and measures in place in relation to...

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Tobacco Taxation and Impact of Policy Reforms : Trinidad and Tobago

World Bank Group - 2018

Evidence from across the world shows that raising taxes sharply on tobacco products, and then adjusting for inflation and increased affordability due to growing incomes, is the single most cost-effective measure to reduce tobacco consumption. A scaled-up and stronger tobacco control effort is...

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Environmental Tax Reform in North Macedonia : Improving Environmental and Social Outcomes from Fuel Use

World Bank Group - 2020

North Macedonia continues to improve its environmental performance and the efficacy of its environmental regulation. As part of this effort, the World Bank is working with the government of North Macedonia on environmental tax reform. The government is interested in utilizing the tax system to...

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Thailand Public Revenue and Spending Assessment, June 2023

World Bank Group - 2023

Having implemented a substantial fiscal response to COVID-19, Thailand's government now faces the medium-term challenge of reducing elevated deficit and debt levels, and the structural challenge of meeting rising spending needs, including those associated with an aging population, while...

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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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