This study develops a computable general equilibrium model for Nigeria, which accounts for informality, tax evasion, and fuel smuggling. By studying the impact of fuel subsidy reform on consumption, tax...
This paper reviews the literature on human trafficking with a focus on understanding how it is defined and measured and what factors contribute to or constrain the prevalence of human trafficking. It finds...
In fragile, conflict, and violence (FCV) - affected situations customs administrations are essential to the functioning of government and are one of the core institutions on which transition from FCV status...
This paper provides the first systematic analysis of migration to, within, and from Libya. The data used in the analysis are from the Displacement Tracking Matrix data set of the International Organization...
Libya is at a critical juncture in its history. Following more than forty years of autocratic rule by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the 2011 revolution that led to his overthrow and the subsequent conflict...
Montenegro became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2006 and ratified the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in 2017. Tobacco excise hikes, undertaken in...
Smoking prevalence Tajikistan remains rather moderate. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) conducted in 2016, smokers constitute 6.3 percent of the adult population of Tajikistan. However...
This brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country. Costa Rica ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2008. General Law for the Control...
The brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country.
This brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country. The prevalence of smoking is rather high in Jordan. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) found that in...
This brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country.
This brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country.
This country brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country. This country brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the...
The country brief provides and overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation in Ecuador. Ecuador has a strong tobacco control policy. A comprehensive tobacco control law was adopted...
Serbia has rather high prevalence of smoking. According to the National Health Surveys, the prevalence of daily smoking among men in 2013 was 33 percent which was lower than in 2000 (41 percent), while...
The country brief provides an overview of tobacco legislation, use, and taxation in Kazakhstan. Tobacco taxation policy practiced in Kazakhstan in 2003-2013 resulted in increased tobacco excise revenues...
This country brief provides an overview of tobacco legislation, use, and taxation in Azerbaijan.
Brazil has achieved one of the largest significant declines in age-standardized smoking prevalence since 1990 through a combination of tobacco control policies. Smoking prevalence among adults decreased...
The country brief presents an overview of current tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation policy in Mexico. Data and information were collected from different sources. The brief is intended to serve...
El Salvador became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on October 19, 2014. On 23 June 2011, the Congress of El Salvador passed a national tobacco control law that included 100 percent...