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Introduction: Overview of Taxes on Property

22 February 2018
What is property tax and how does it affect economic growth? Certain features of the housing market affect the impact of taxation on economic efficiency, administrative and compliance costs, fairness, etc. Learn about the characteristics of the housing market and how to deal with property taxes.

Recurrent Property Tax

21 February 2018
What makes property tax a “good tax”? Why do property taxes underperform? What are the obstacles to an efficient property tax administration? While property taxation is gaining strong and renewed interest from around the world due to its revenue mobilization potential, it has yet to become a…

Strategies for Property Tax Reform

21 February 2018
Property tax can help mobilize domestic resources but will require addressing both technical and policy issues and combining the strengths of both central and local governments. Learn about the challenges in and strategies for achieving a successful property tax reform.

Developing a Strategic Plan for Domestic Resource Mobilization

21 February 2018
Improving domestic resource mobilization to meet the sustainable development goals involves securing commitment from governments and creating program actions by tax administrations to develop strong tax systems. Download this presentation to learn about the key issues in building tax capacity.

Tax Policy Analysis and Evidence-Based Tax Reform: Key Indicators for Policy Analysis

20 February 2018
Macroeconomic and microeconomic indicators are useful in tax policy analysis as they provide understanding of the impact of taxes on the economy, and the decisions of individuals and corporations. When analyzing tax policies, it is important to use a range of indicators with complementary strengths…

Monitoring Tax Incentives: Assessing Revenue and Other Impacts

20 February 2018
While tax expenditure reporting is an important first step that provides transparency and estimates of revenue foregone, cost benefit analysis can offer a deeper understanding of the efficiency of particular tax expenditures. Regular monitoring is essential as it ensures that tax expenditures are…

Broadening the Tax Base

20 February 2018
Read about tax expenditures and their revenue cost. Learn how to make tax expenditure reports. Tax expenditures and incentives are widely used in the real world, but most expenditures go far beyond market failures and externalities, and just translate political preferences. While tax expenditures…

Designing Good Tax Policy: A Primer

20 February 2018
An effective tax system allows governments to manage the business cycle through fiscal policy. Some of the objectives of taxation entail minimizing administrative and compliance costs, limiting tax avoidance and tax evasion opportunities, and reflecting simplicity. Download this presentation to…

Ladderized Training on Water Operations for ADB Staff

14 February 2018
A ladderized training program on water utility operations for ADB staff was developed by the Maynilad Water Academy in partnership with ADB. To ensure a holistic learning experience, the curriculum facilitates not only knowledge building on technical aspects of water utility operations but also…

Groundwater Innovations

12 February 2018
Aquifers are underground layers of rocks that store, treat and transfer water. Managing them may be difficult because groundwater level fluctuates. This presentation provides information on groundwater innovations that can make aquifers resilient and in optimum condition.