Similar Search Results

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012642771

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012700658

Assessment of Tax Compliance Costs for Businesses in the Kyrgyz Republic

World Bank Group - 2017

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institute focused on supporting the private sector in emerging economies. Through its work with more than 2,000 companies worldwide, IFC mobilizes capital, expertise, and influence to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645709

Building Human Capital : Lessons from Country Experiences; Ireland

World Bank Group - 2021

Over the last sixty years, Ireland has experienced profound economic, social, technological, occupational, cultural … transformation and has been a central component of Ireland's human capital development. Ireland's journey towards prosperity has not … the story of Ireland's remarkable economic and social transformations since the 1960s, with a focus on the contribution …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012700788

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646281

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647246

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603646

Tanzania Economic Update : The Efficiency and Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Tanzania

World Bank Group - 2023

Global growth is projected to slow significantly in 2023 as continued monetary tightening constrains the credit supply. Tanzania's economy has performed relatively well despite a challenging external environment. The government recognizes that a dynamic private sector fueled both by domestic and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014454304

Lao PDR Fiscal Incidence Analysis - Raising the Bar : Toward an Equitable and Inclusive Fiscal Policy

World Bank Group - 2024

The Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) is facing economic challenges. The country is experiencing a growth slowdown with high levels of public debt. Growing current expenditure and debt service obligations amid sluggish tax revenue led to a widening fiscal deficit in the early 2010s, which...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014454362

Bulgaria Public Finance Review 2023

World Bank Group - 2023

Bulgaria has traditionally adhered to fiscal discipline and prudent fiscal policy since the introduction of its currency board arrangement in mid-1997. After a gradual decline in the 2000s, public debt has remained among the lowest in the European Union (EU), hovering in a narrow band between 17...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014454364

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last