Advancing action on the implementation of tobacco tax harmonization in the organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries (English)

This study analyses the tax systems of five OECS countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines). Taxes on tobacco, and therefore cigarette prices, vary widely across the five countries, and smuggling and tax evasion are genuine risks. The study assesses two possible harmonization scenarios, to estimate the possible impact of tobacco tax policy measures on tobacco use, and at the same time...

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Marquez,Patricio V.;

Foucade,Althea La;

Theodore,Karl Lucien;

Laptiste,Christine;

Scott,Ewan;

Gabriel,Samuel;

Conrad,Daren;

Gonima,Alberto;

Metivier,Charmaine;
Document Date
2018/01/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
127291
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2018/06/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Advancing action on the implementation of tobacco tax harmonization in the organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries
Keywords
Macro Economics & Fiscal Management

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Marquez,Patricio V.; Foucade,Althea La; Theodore,Karl Lucien; Laptiste,Christine; Scott,Ewan; Gabriel,Samuel; Conrad,Daren; Gonima,Alberto; Metivier,Charmaine.

Advancing action on the implementation of tobacco tax harmonization in the organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries (English). WBG Global Tobacco Control Program Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/164401529305828905

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