Green Fiscal Reform Was Not Invited to the G20’s Tango Show
Michael Jakob | 1 August 2018
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Carbon Pricing,
Climate Change,
Fossil Fuel Subsidies,
Latin America The Argentine G20 presidency has three concrete priorities: jobs, infrastructure, and food security. Strikingly though, carbon pricing was not invited for Tango. Indeed, the absence of carbon pricing as well as green fiscal reform among the list of priorities within this year’s agenda jeopardizes the
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The Sunday Program: International Tax Cooperation in the G20
Agustin Redonda | 20 July 2018
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
G20,
Tax Competition,
Tax Expenditures Christine Lagarde suggested in a recent IMF Blog that G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors should concentrate their efforts on three fields when they meet in Buenos Aires on Sunday: global trade, emerging market vulnerabilities, and the impact of technology on jobs. International tax
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Tax Competition
Christian von Haldenwang,
Tommaso Faccio,
Tobias Hentze,
Thomas Mättig,
Irma Mosquera Valderrama,
Agustin Redonda,
Gabriela Rigoni,
Jakob Schwab and
Rob Vos | 12 July 2018
Fiscal,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Corporate Tax,
Tax Competition The world is facing a new round of international tax competition that may result in a ruinous race to the bottom, undermining the fiscal capacity of states to respond to global challenges and to implement the Agenda 2030. G20 leaders must take action to strengthen
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Tax Expenditure and the Treatment of Tax Incentives for Investment
Agustin Redonda,
Santiago Diaz de Sarralde,
Christian von Haldenwang,
Lise Johnson,
Ariel Melamud,
Ricardo Rozemberg and
Jakob Schwab | 12 July 2018
Fiscal,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Fossil Fuel Subsidies,
Investment,
Tax Expenditures Governments use tax expenditures to boost investment, innovation and employment. However, these schemes are largely opaque, costly and often ineffective in reaching their stated goals. They also frequently trigger unwanted side effects. In order to improve the performance of these tools, we present three concrete
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Domestic Revenue Mobilization and Tax Expenditures in Developing Countries
Agustin Redonda and
Tom Neubig | 11 July 2018
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Domestic Revenue Mobilization,
Tax Expenditures Domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) is a fundamental component of any sustainable development strategy. This is particularly salient in developing countries where low DRM levels are often one of the most important impediments to inclusive economic growth. Whereas external financing – including, e.g. official development assistance
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