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Country Report on Tax Expenditures in Switzerland: Transparency, Costs and the Need for Reform
Upcoming: 23 June | 15.30-19.00 CEST | Bern, SwitzerlandFiscal, Panel | Tags: Switzerland, Tax Expenditures
Tax expenditures serve a wide range of purposes: stimulating investment, supporting social objectives and accompanying structural change are just a few examples. In Switzerland, the last estimate for federal tax... continue reading
Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy: Synthesis Report
Patrick Lenain | 5 June 2026Fiscal, Policy Briefs | Tags: Decarbonization, Energy, Industrial Policy, Policy Coherence, Tax Expenditures
Recent energy crises, surging electricity demand and accelerating climate change have pushed affordable, secure, and clean energy to the top of policy agendas worldwide. The challenge respects no borders,making cross-country... continue reading
9th Virtual Meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures: Tax Incentives for Investment
Upcoming: 11 June 2026 | 14.00-15.30 CEST | OnlineFiscal, Workshops | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, Industrial Policy, Policy Coherence, Tax Expenditures
Governments around the world make extensive use of tax incentives to promote investment and encourage specific economic and social outcomes.... continue reading
Making Green Tax Incentives Work: Protecting Revenue While Accelerating the Energy Transition
2 June 2026 | 13.00-14.30 CEST | OnlineFiscal, Workshops | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, Energy, Policy Coherence, Tax Expenditures
Achieving global climate goals requires a rapid and just green transition, especially in emerging and developing economies where industrial decarbonisation and renewable energy deployment remain urgent priorities.... continue reading
Tax Expenditures Country Report: Zimbabwe
Gibson Chigumira and Erinah Chipumho | 20 May 2026Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Tax Expenditures, Zimbabwe
Tax expenditures (TEs) in Zimbabwe represent a significant portion of government spending, amounting to 2.8 percent of GDP, 24.7 percent of total revenue, and 21.2 percent of public spending in... continue reading
VAT and Social Equity: The Case of Period Products
Stefanie Geringer | 18 May 2026Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Gender, Inequality, Tax Expenditures, VAT
Value added tax (VAT) is one of the most important revenue sources for the 21st-century tax and welfare state. This holds true for OECD Member Countries as well as EU... continue reading
ASEAN Central Banks Need New Tools for New Risks
Julia Anna Bingler and Matthew Poggi | 13 May 2026Monetary, Op-Eds | Tags: ASEAN, Central Banks, Energy, Systemic Risks, Targeted Refinancing Lines
Southeast Asia faces a growing exposure to novel interacting risks that drive inflation and financial instability. Under the Philippines’ leadership as 2026 ASEAN chair, there is an opportunity to strengthen... continue reading
Japan Needs a New Framework for a Post-Deflation Economy
Matthew Poggi | 29 April 2026Monetary, Blog | Tags: Central Banks, Economic Growth, Governing Finance, Japan
Japan’s policy-makers should reconsider whether the institutional framework governing relations between the government and the Bank of Japan still fits the country’s economic priorities.... continue reading