Carbon pricing is increasingly recognized as an important source of government revenue. Carbon revenues can be crucial in supporting cost-effective climate mitigation, industrial competitiveness and...
Effective fiscal decentralization requires meaningful levels of revenue autonomy at the sub-national level. This webinar will focus on the current theory and practice of tax assignments to...
Property Tax has failed to become a significant revenue producer, raising only an amount equivalent to about 0.6 percent of GDP in emerging countries. This KSB aims to map out options, pros/cons,...
Nigeria operates a decentralized system of government consisting of three tiers of government - a federal government, 36 state governments and 774 local governments. The country’s fiscal structure is...
Armenia was faced with a slowing economy, sinking remittances, and inefficient tax administration. At the same time, ordinary taxpayers had to navigate arduous processes when paying taxes. The...
It has become an internationally recognized best practice to match the repayment term of long term debt financing to the expected useful life of the infrastructure financed. This makes infrastructure...
The district of Bojonegoro used to be among the poorest in East Java, Indonesia. Oil discovery in the region has increased the district’s revenue, and the local government wants to ensure that the...
Strong public finance management is one of the foundations of good governance. An essay competition raised awareness among Indonesia’s youth to the importance of tax revenue management. When citizens...
Many countries in West Africa struggle to collect the revenue needed to provide basic services to their citizens: clean water, education, electricity. And citizens are watching – many pay taxes and...
The enabling environment is the national government’s legal, regulatory, and institutional framework and debt market conditions that govern sub-national governments’ (SNGs) borrowing. When planning...
The benefits of carbon pricing are very significant. It is one of the strongest policy instruments available for tackling climate change. It has the potential to decarbonize the world’s economic...
In recent decades, Vietnam has seen a surge of foreign investment, but also increasing complexity in its tax base. Multinational corporations shift profits to low-tax countries, a practice that...
As the use of e-filing of tax returns has spread from developed to developing countries, it has been clear that this sort of reform can reduce errors and opportunities for corruption. Also, it has...
As the use of e-filing of tax returns has spread from developed to developing countries, it has been clear that this sort of reform can reduce errors and opportunities for corruption. Also, it has...
Most of the world’s urban mass transit systems cannot cover operating costs, let alone capital expenses, through farebox revenues. On average, 25 percent of metro operating expenditures are not...
Through PPP models, toll revenues can be used to service private sources of finance that can enable fiscally-constrained governments to fund new road construction, improve existing roads and ensure...
This panel discusses the importance of fisheries to Pacific Island nations. Panelists include Transform Aqorau, CEO of the Parties of the Nauru Agreement Office (PNAO); Kate Barclay, Associate...
Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) provides significant benefits to utilities around the world. Although it is entering the mainstream, technical concerns, policy challenges, capacity, and will...
"Basic building blocks of how to design and run a carbon tax"
Putting a tax on carbon emissions incentivizes companies and consumers to reduce their emissions, raises revenue for government and...
"In highly agriculture-dependent economies, climate impacts can elevate risks of food insecurity, loss of livelihoods and export revenue, and heightened competition among water users"
As one of...