Increasing Taxes on Tobacco in Low and Middle-Income Countries : Hurting or Saving the Poor?

Increasing Taxes on Tobacco in Low and Middle-Income Countries : Hurting or Saving the Poor?

Policy makers hesitate to increase tobacco taxes over concerns about taxes being regressive and potentially increasing poverty and inequality. This note summarizes a set of studies of the effects of raising tobacco taxes in 11 low and middle-income...

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Main Authors: Fuchs Tarlovsky, Alan, Gonzalez Icaza, María Fernanda
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
TAXATION
TOBACCO TAX
WELFARE IMPACT
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
TOBACCO PRICE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/840531596003778706/Increasing-Taxes-on-Tobacco-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries-Hurting-or-Saving-the-Poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34309

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/840531596003778706/Increasing-Taxes-on-Tobacco-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries-Hurting-or-Saving-the-Poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34309

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