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Feb
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2020
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February 07, 2020
The outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, is growing by the day, and increasingly posing risks beyond China—with the developing world particularly at risk. Combining high transmissibility, a concerning fatality rate, and no medical countermeasures, experts warn the disease is evolvi...
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January 31, 2020
Spending on pharmaceuticals and other health care commodities is one of the fastest growing elements of healthcare spending in rich and poorer countries alike. A popular response to the problem of escalating drugs budgets has been seeking transparency of drug pricing within and across borders. In a ...
POLICY PAPERS
January 24, 2020
Despite remarkable success in terms of growth, poverty reduction, and improvements in other socio-economic indicators, Bangladesh suffers from chronic revenue shortfalls and an extremely low tax/GDP ratio. The overall size of the government is also quite small and inadequate to meet the growing dema...
Blog Post
January 22, 2020
While sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have made some progress in collecting more taxes domestically in the last 20 years, international tax issues remain a significant concern for these and other developing countries, reflecting aggressive tax planning by multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the...
POLICY PAPERS
January 22, 2020
International tax issues are a concern for both developed and developing countries, with evidence of aggressive tax planning by multinational enterprises (MNEs). MNEs are able to exploit weaknesses in the design of the international tax framework to reduce their tax liabilities.
POLICY PAPERS
January 21, 2020
Senegal’s recent economic performance is impressive. For the first time, Senegal has achieved a GDP growth rate of more than 6 percent for three consecutive years (2015–2017), and per capita GDP has increased at an annual average of 4.1 percent. In parallel, progress in fiscal revenues has been reco...
Blog Post
January 15, 2020
Poor quality medicines pose significant risks to global health. This blog responds to a recent report from the National Academies that out clear recommendations to global, national and agency level stakeholders which can help strengthen food and medical products regulatory systems in low- and middle...
Blog Post
January 14, 2020
The capacity for donors to evaluate and learn from development activities is crucial for supporting evidence-based decision-making and ultimately, aid effectiveness. This blog post sets out a new approach to scoring agencies on their evaluation and learning and are keen to get feedback on the propos...