Global Tax Program
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Workshop on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation, Washington, DC
September 23-25
The Global Tax Program, PAHO, WHO, and UNICEF hosted a workshop to build capacity in the Ministries of Health and Finance of selected Latin American countries in the design, administration, and implementation of effective tobacco taxes through the exchange of experiences and the use of evidence and simulation tools.
January 22-26, 2024
The Global Tax program supported a technical mission to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in Nairobi from January 22nd to 26th through the Piloting and Evaluating Enforcement, Facilitation and Trust (EFT) Based Strategies to Improve Tax Compliance project.
Launch Webinar of The GTP Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series
The GTP Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series was launched with a webinar on March 22, 2023. Speakers discussed the first notes in the series, "Why Health Taxes Matter" and "Health Taxes and Inflation."
- For the recording & event materials, please visit the event page.
- Access Health Taxes Knowledge Notes here
World Bank Global Tax Program Support to the Kenya Revenue Authority
March 6-10, 2023
The Global Tax Program supported a technical mission to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in Nairobi from March 6th to 10th, 2023 through the Piloting and Evaluating Enforcement, Facilitation and Trust (EFT) Based Strategies to Improve Tax Compliance project.
Harmonizing domestic revenue mobilization reforms in Somalia
November 26-28, 2022
With the support of the Global Tax Program, the "Somalia Customs Support Advisory Support and Analytics Project" conducted capacity building training for 64 revenue officials including 14 female officers in Addis Ababa on November 26th-28th 2022.
Taxing Crime: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Fighting Corruption, Money Laundering and Tax Crimes
The Global Tax Program-supported World Bank work on tax evasion will be presented at a panel on "Fighting tax crime, money laundering and corruption: International partnerships and practical cases" from 9:30 am to 10:15 am ET. Please join this event to learn more about how GTP helps developing countries in their efforts to mitigate tax evasion and crimes.
Health Taxes: Policy and Practice - Learning Event
November 7, 2022
Organized by GTP Health Tax Workstream, in collaboration with WHO and Imperial College London.
- For all event materials and presentations, please visit the event page.
- Recording
- View the book on "Health Taxes: Policy and Practice"
Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Assessment and Fiscal Incidence Analysis Workshop
June 27-29, 2022
Supported by the Global Tax Program's Gender Equality and Tax Reform Workstream
- Workshop program
- Presentation on "Engendering Fiscal Incidence Using the Committment to Equity" by Caren Grown, Caren Grown, Senior Technical Adviser on Gender Equality and Taxation Reform, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, World Bank
The 6th Annual Health Financing Forum: The Side Event on Health Taxes
June 14-16, 2022
The World Bank activities supported by GTP Health Tax Workstream were presented in this session.
- Replay the Side Event on Health Taxes in English and French
- Read key takeaways from the session
The Launch of the World Bank Revenue Dashboard
May 26, 2022
The World Bank Revenue Dashboard was supported by the Global Tax Program.
The 4th Virtual Tax Seminar: New Technologies - The Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial and Blockchain for Tax Administrations
May 19, 2022
The WB contributions to this event was supported by the Global Tax Program.
2022 Global Gender Summit of the Multilateral Development Banks Working Group on Gender: Session on Gender and Fiscal Policy
May 17, 2022
- Replay the session on Gender and Fiscal Policy
- Presentation by Caren Grown, Senior Technical Adviser on Gender Equality and Taxation Reform, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, World Bank
April 25, 2022
Presentation by Mr. Jafar Mohamed Ahmed, Director General, Revenue, Ministry of Finance, The Federal Government of Somalia
The Tax Treaties Explorer: New Data for Better Negotiation
December 1, 2021
November 22-25, 2021
- Replay the presentation by Caren Grown, GTP Senior Technical Advisor on Gender Equality and Tax Reform, at the good practice panel discussion on new frontiers for gender equality
3rd World Bank Tax Conference: New Tax Instruments
September 30, 2021
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- A Healthier Kazakhstan: Cutting Sugary Drinks with Smart Taxes | October 2024
- Design features of simplified tax regimes for small businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa | September 2024
- What's gender got to do with taxes? | August 2024
- Smart health taxes: A win for public health and the economy | July 2024
- A whole of government approach to tackle illicit financial flows | March 2024
- Gender and trade policy: how agricultural tariff reform can support rural women in Bangladesh | March 2024
- Breaking barriers: Transforming tax and customs administrations for women and men | March 2024
- Taxation in Fragile States: The Missing Piece of the State-Building Puzzle? | February 2024
- Pathways for Brazil to sustainably transform its sugar industry | December 2023
- Transforming Armenia's tax and customs administration: A complex puzzle with promising solutions | October 2023
- Can the global minimum tax agreement reduce tax breaks in East Asia? | May 2023
- The promise and limitations of information technology for tax mobilization | March 2023
- It’s become a middle-income world, but increasingly hard to join the club | March 2023
- The high cost of free sugars | January 2023
- Health taxes for healthier populations: Cost-effective policy to save lives | December 2022
- World Bank Global Tax Program Support to the Dominican Republic | Brief, December 2022
- Raising fiscal revenue in times of crisis | November 2022
- The urgent need for data to understand the link between taxation and women’s economic empowerment | October 2022
- Smarter taxation can help boost government revenue and health outcomes | August 2022
- Carbon taxes, complementary policies, and the labor market | July 2022
- Customs reforms help Somalia increase tax revenue despite COVID-19 and fragility | July 2022
- Gender differences in taxation: Why do they matter | July 2022
- A new approach to customs reform in Niger: Positive results based on data science and innovative technologies | July 2022
- When the debt crises hit, don’t simply blame the pandemic | June 2022
- Digitalization and Data-Sharing Are Helping Kosovo Boost Tax Compliance and Reduce Informality | Feature Story | May 2022
- To raise more tax revenue, first build up taxpayers' trust | February 2022
- Why tax administrations are embracing digital transformation | December 2021
- Uzbekistan Can Halve Poverty by Creating More and Better Jobs | September 2021
- Green or brown: The COVID-19 crisis and the road to recovery | November 2021
- Sealing the tax gap in Poland: A holistic approach to tax compliance | November 2021
- Investments in human capital require bold financing actions for a resilient recovery | July 2021
- What role can civil society play in tax administration? | July 2021
- Unlocking Tajikistan’s economic growth through a more effective tax system | May 2021
- Lessons from Uganda’s transformative journey to tax transparency | Blog and Case Study |August 2021
- Revenue mobilization through tax transparency: Lessons from Uganda’s transformative journey | French | April 2021
- A More Just International Tax System | March 2021
- How Does Lockdown Affect Firms in Developing Countries? |September 2020
- How governments can use the coronavirus pandemic to build better tax systems | August 2020
- Using administrative tax data to understand the implications of (coronavirus) for formal firms | April 2020
- Enforcement, facilitation and trust: why pay taxes? |November 2019
- Pushing for tax fairness in a digital world | November 2019
- Four ways low-income economies can boost tax revenue without hurting growth | October 2019
- Taxing the shadow economy | January 2019
- How to create a system for taxation in the digital age | October 2018
- Game-changers and whistle-blowers: taxing wealth | February 2018
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- Press Release: Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, hosts APG Annual Typologies Workshop in association with Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) and the World Bank (November 2023)
- Press Release: New toolkit to strengthen the effective collection of value added taxes on e-commerce in Africa
- Press Release: New toolkit to strengthen Value Added Taxes on e-commerce in Asia-Pacific
- Press Release: Trust Key for Higher Tax Revenues in Developing Countries (February 2022)
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- Press Release: Manual on Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (September 2021)