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Revisiting the tax treatment of bidis in India. [PDF]
Tob Control, 2022 Goodchild M +4 more
europepmc +1 more source
Fighting fiscal corruption: The case of the Tanzania Revenue Authority [PDF]
Over the last decade several African countries have undertaken comprehensive reforms of their tax administrations, with the aims of increasing revenue and curbing corruption.
Odd-Helge Fjeldstad
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Human Rights Economic Dividends: Estimating the Economic Effects of Preventing Discrimination
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Economies embracing principles like nondiscrimination are presumed to reap significant rewards, while violations incur heavy costs. We call these benefits human rights economic dividends—the economic gains that arise when policymaking is guided by human rights principles.
Jose Cuesta
wiley +1 more source
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The adoption of the Common African Position (CAP) by the African Union in 2014 marked a transformative shift in Africa's engagement with global development, shaping the post‐2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals (SDGs). Despite its significance, the CAP's contributions remain underacknowledged in mainstream narratives. This
Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet +2 more
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Can Happiness Be Sustainable? Monitoring Global Consumption Footprints From 2015 to 2024
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how happiness relates to resource consumption requires considering not only domestic environmental impacts but also the broader transnational effects embedded in global trade. To address this gap, this study introduces the Consumption Footprint–Happiness Ratio (CHR), a visual analytic metric that captures the intensity of ...
Chong‐Wen Chen
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Tariff rates, tariff revenue, and tariff reform : some new facts [PDF]
The ad valorem tariff rateson specific products and the ratio of tariff revenue to import value, the collected rate, are only tenuously related, contend the authors.
Pritchett, Lant, Sethi, Geeta
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou +1 more
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The effects on clinical trial activity of direct funding and taxation policy interventions made by government: a systematic review [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Crosby S +4 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Recent developments and prospects for the production of biofuels in the EU: Can they really be "Part of Solution"? [PDF]
The European Union has launched an ambitious policy aiming at increasing the use of biofuels in land transport “with a view to contributing to objectives such as meeting climate change commitments, environmentally friendly security of supply and ...
Bamiere, Laure +5 more
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Regulatory Framework and Public Policies for Sustainability in the Construction Sector
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyzes the role of public policies in promoting socially responsible practices in the construction sector, with a particular focus on their contribution to climate neutrality and the decarbonization of the building stock. European agreements exert increasing pressure to transform the construction sector, reinforcing the transition
Olga González‐Morales +3 more
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