VAT Exemptions, Embedded Tax, and Unintended Consequences by William Chandler, Alastair Thomas, Frédéric Tremblay published by World Bank (5/2025). The value-added tax (VAT) has proved to be a highly effec tive tool at raising revenue in developed and developing…
Innovations in tax compliance by Richard Bird published by ICTD (11/2019). “Innovations in Tax Compliance, a recent World Bank working paper, undertakes two tasks. First, it reviews the rapidly growing theoretical and especially empirical literature on how countries can…
Enhancing Coverage and Cost-effectiveness of Brazil’s Unemployment Protection System: Insights from International Experience published by World Bank (2020). “The economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the importance of renewing social protection instruments to protect incomes from the…
Debt Management in Uncertain Times – Proceedings of the first Public Debt Management Network Conference, held in Paris on September 4-5, 2019 published by World Bank, MET, OECD indicated by Alvaro Manoel (10/2020) Given the rising government debt globally…
Addressing inequality and poverty under COVID-19 – Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020 – Reversals of Fortune published by World Bank Group (2020) “Poverty reduction has suffered its worst setback in decades, after nearly a quarter century of steady global…
Health at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 published by OECD and World Bank (6/2020). Health at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 presents key indicators on health and health systems in 33 Latin America and…
Doing Business 2020 : Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies published by World Bank indicated by Alvaro Manoel (2020). Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and…
Collateralized Transactions : Key Considerations for Public Lenders and Borrowers published by IMF and World Bank (2/2020). “In a response to a request from the G20 IFA Working Group, this note provides a framework for public lenders and borrowers…
Protecting People and Economies : Integrated Policy Responses to COVID-19 published by World Bank (5/2020) “The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a global health emergency and an unprecedented economic crisis of historic magnitude. Governments facing this threat are in…
World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2020 : East Asia and Pacific in the Time of COVID-19 published by World Bank (2020). “The COVID-19 virus that triggered a supply shock in China has now caused a…
