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Fuel Subsidy Reform and Green Taxes: Using Digital Technology to Do It the Right Way
Alan Gelb
and
Anit Mukherjee
July 11, 2019
Reforming inefficient and inequitable energy subsidies continues to be an important priority for policymakers, as does instituting “green taxes” to reduce carbon emissions.
POLICY PAPER

Fuel Subsidy Reform and Green Taxes: Can Digital Technologies Improve State Capacity and Effectiveness?
Alan Gelb
and
Anit Mukherjee
July 11, 2019
Reforming inefficient and inequitable energy subsidies continues to be an important priority for policymakers as does instituting “green taxes” to reduce carbon emissions. The paper outlines how the use of digital technology can help accomplishing those reforms, drawing on four country c...
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Tax to Finance the SDGs, but Not to Undermine Them
Sanjeev Gupta et al.
July 01, 2019
Ahead of the Addis Tax Initiative conference in Berlin, we discuss the importance of considering equity in the discussions on improving domestic revenue mobilisation (DRM) and suggest recommendations for reform that would make tax systems more equitable.
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Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilization: What are the Real Obstacles?
Sanjeev Gupta
and
Mark Plant
April 30, 2019
At the Center for Global Development, we recently initiated a project to develop more effective and equitable strategies for domestic resource mobilization in low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The impetus for the project is the Addis Ababa Action Agenda for financing d...