The background country briefs were prepared by the WBG Global Tobacco Control Program team, over 2016-2018, to assist World Bank Group country teams in policy dialogue and technical support to government teams at Ministries of Finance and Ministries of Health in the countries of: Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Gabon,Guatemala, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Uruguay, Uzbekistan. ... See More +   See Less -

Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 132032 Document Date: NOV 13, 2018

Author: Marquez,Patricio V. Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP14329 Document Date: NOV 08, 2018

Author: Zachariah Kimwetich Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR34701 Document Date: NOV 07, 2018

Author: Pison,Romain Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Project Paper Report No.: RES28207 Document Date: NOV 05, 2018

Author: Gauthier,Gregoire Francois Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0017509 Document Date: OCT 31, 2018

Author: Chikoti,Lingson Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP14035 Document Date: OCT 30, 2018

Author: Regina Regina Spencer Lopes Carvalho Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Despite the well-known positive effects of tobacco taxes on health outcomes, policy makers avoid relying on such taxes because of their possible regressive impact. ... See More + Using an extended cost-benefit analysis to estimate the distributional effect of cigarettes in the Russian Federation, this paper finds that the long-run impact may in fact be progressive. The methodology applied incorporates the negative price effect caused by an increase in tobacco taxes, combined with a presumed future reduction in medical expenditures and a rise in working years caused by a reduction in the rate of smoking among the population. The analysis includes estimates of the distributional impacts of price rises on cigarettes under various scenarios, based on information taken from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey -- Higher School of Economics for 2010–16. One contribution is the quantification of impacts by allowing price elasticities to vary across consumption deciles. Overall, cigarette taxes exert a positive long-term effect on household incomes, although the magnitude depends on the structure of the conditional price elasticity. If the population is more responsive to tobacco price changes, then it would experience greater gains from the health and extended work-life benefits.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8626 Document Date: OCT 29, 2018

Author: Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan; Matytsin,Mikhail; Obukhova,Olga Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP13896 Document Date: OCT 25, 2018

Author: Cynthia Anane Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: 131306 Document Date: OCT 24, 2018

Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR34349 Document Date: OCT 23, 2018

Author: Kim,Maria Deborah Disclosure Status: Disclosed