There is a policy measure that can simultaneously save millions of lives, reduce poverty, and increase countries’ domestic resources for financing development. The policy measure consists of increasing excise tax rates on tobacco in order to reduce its affordability and, as evidence shows, lower its consumption. Today, this powerful human development and poverty reduction measure remains largely underutilized, especially in low- and middle-income...
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الفرنسية,
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الصينية,
الروسية,
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العربية,
اليابانية,
الإنجليزية
تفاصيل
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2018/1/31
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ورقة عمل
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119792
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2018/2/01
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Disclosed
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Tobacco tax reform at the crossroads of health and development : technical report of the World Bank Group global tobacco control program
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tobacco