taxes

Following the second roundtable held with African finance ministers and central bank governors, Sanjeev Gupta and Mark Plant explore tax concessions and the challenges of meeting the targets for domestic resource mobilization set under the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. 

This blog post is part of a series on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) originally published by the World Bank. The series includes contributions from external bloggers and reflects their views. Follow the conversation on Twitter #HealthForAll

The establishment of universal health coverage is one of the key pillars of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG3. What impact could taxing tobacco, alcohol and sugary beverages have on reducing the burden of noncommunicable diseases as we strive to achieve...

Are “sin taxes” regressive? This is a common criticism of proposals to increase taxes on “bads” such as tobacco, alcohol, and sugar. There are a number of reasons not to be too concerned by the answer to this question. But still, we were curious, so we took a look at the data...

Reforming inefficient and inequitable energy subsidies continues to be an important priority for policymakers, as does instituting “green taxes” to reduce carbon emissions.

Ahead of the Addis Tax Initiative conference in Berlin, we discuss the importance of considering equity in the discussions on improving domestic revenue mobilisation (DRM) and suggest recommendations for reform that would make tax systems more equitable.