Denmark’s Green Tax Reform: G20 Countries Should Take Notice
Patrick Lenain | 26 August 2022
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Carbon Taxes,
Climate Change,
Denmark,
G20
Despite mounting evidence of climate change, fossil fuels remain the major source of energy around the world. The quantity of fossil fuel consumed globally has tripled since the mid-1960s, with a corresponding rise in carbon emissions. This increase is projected to continue in 2022, reflecting
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Trade and the Environment: Focus on the Goals!
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås | 12 August 2022
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Environment,
WTO
Environmental concerns are moving up the trade policy agenda both in the WTO and regional trade agreements where countries discuss liberalizing trade in environmental goods and services. A first step is to agree on a definition of environmental goods and services. However, discussions have been
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Tax for Development: Does Vietnam Need Tax Reform?
Patrick Lenain | 11 July 2022
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Environmental Taxes,
Tax Administration,
Tax Expenditures,
Vietnam
Schools and universities will need to adopt new technologies. Public transportation networks will need to be upgraded. Large-scale logistical hubs will be required to remain integrated in global supply chains. Old-age citizens will need welfare support. Electricity generation will need to decarbonise. Coastal cities will
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Fostering Global Cooperation
Henry Gao | 10 June 2022
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Climate Change,
Digital Governance,
Trade Governance,
WTO
As the world enters 2022, the global trading system seems to be stuck in a deep crisis: the trade war between the US and China continues into another year with most of the additional tariffs staying in place and the only things missing are the
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From Dependencies to Environmental Risks for Finance. Taking Next Steps
Chiara Colesanti Senni and
Adrian von Jagow | 9 May 2022
Monetary,
Blog | Tags:
Central Banks,
Environmental Risks,
Financial Supervision
Climate-related risks are now widely recognized as a source of financial risks by financial supervisors and central banks worldwide. Estimates of transition risks, which include risks stemming from the transition to a low-carbon economy, have become more granular, thanks in part to improved data availability.
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How Much Revenue Does Kosovo Forgo Through Tax Expenditures? We don’t know!
Flurim Aliu | 21 April 2022
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Tax Expenditures,
Transparency
The traditional way of thinking about how states finance projects is as follows: first, governments collect revenue (through taxes, borrowing, payments, and fines) and then this revenue is spent through the budget process.
However, governments may choose to support various economic sectors, activities, or groups of
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Is It Time to Rationalize Tax Expenditures?
Luisa Dressler,
Sanjeev Gupta,
Agustin Redonda and
Paolo de Renzio | 19 April 2022
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform
As developing countries recover from the pandemic, they will need to bring their public finances to a more sustainable position, by streamlining public spending and strengthening the revenue base. The need to mobilize additional resources has been exacerbated by the recent economic turmoil triggered by
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The Global Tax Deal and Tax Incentives: What if the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease?
Agustin Redonda | 18 March 2022
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Minimum Tax Rate,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Incentives
The global tax deal reached in October 2021 is a milestone in international tax coordination. With 137 out of 141 jurisdictions in the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) now participating in the agreement, there is no doubt about its significance.
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Cross-border Movement of People and Its Critical Role for Services Trade
Oliver Braunschweig and
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås | 28 February 2022
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Mode 4,
Services Trade,
WTO
The importance of cross-border movement of people for services trade and the functioning of global value chains has been amply demonstrated during the COVID-19 crisis. While in normal times – and during the financial crisis in 2008 – services trade has been less volatile than
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Resilience in Services Value Chains
Sébastien Miroudot | 15 February 2022
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Global Value Chains,
Resilience,
Services Trade
COVID-19 has triggered a new debate on the resilience of global value chains (GVCs) and risks associated with international production (Bonadio et al., 2020; Miroudot, 2020a). Most of this debate focuses on manufacturing and shortages of goods such as face masks or semi-conductors. This is
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