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Opportunities and Challenges with Payments for Ecosystems in Brazil

8 December 2017
What can be learned from Brazil’s experiences in payments for ecosystem services? Participatory planning, empowerment, transparency, and education for sustainable development—these are some of Brazil’s strategies for success.

Eco-Compensation and Agriculture: Lessons from the United States, Questions for the People’s Republic of China

8 December 2017
Why is agriculture important for eco-compensation? Agriculture is key to food security, rural livelihoods, economic growth, and human survival; but, it is also a major source of environmental degradation. Current farming practices (e.g., tillage, introduction of new plant varieties, application of…

Indicators of Eco-compensation for Agricultural Structural Adjustment Based on N-loss control

8 December 2017
Agricultural nonpoint source pollution is one of the leading causes of water pollution. Nutrient runoff from fertilizer usage easily enters surrounding water bodies and adversely affects water quality. Know what types of farm have the highest soil nitrogen and phosphorus content. Also find out what…

Gross Ecosystem Product and Ecological Asset Accounting for Eco-Compensation: Methodology and Pilots in Qinghai, Yunnan, and Guizhou Provinces

8 December 2017
Attempts have been made globally to find new accounting indicators, beyond GDP, to quantify the contribution of ecosystems to human welfare and socioeconomic development. Through its eco-compensation and ecological civilization policies, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has integrated…

Policy Implications of Natural Capital Accounting

8 December 2017
What is the central challenge of the 21st century? It is developing an interlinked economic, social, and governance system that not only promotes sustainable development and alleviates poverty but also protects the environment, especially the ecosystem goods and services essential for human well-…

The Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool Framework: An Overview

2 December 2017
Learn about the Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) framework. TADAT provides an objective and standardized performance assessment of a country’s tax administration system. This presentation provides an update on TADAT assessments being done around the world and highlights some of…

Tax Policy Assessment Framework

2 December 2017
Designed for wide public consumption, the Tax Policy Assessment Framework (TPAF) developed by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank is a framework for systematic and consistent assessments of all major tax sources. The goal is to provide solid analytical basis for design of policy options…

Revenue Administration: GAP Analysis Program

2 December 2017
The International Monetary Fund’s Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program (RA-GAP) is a systematic evaluation of a revenue administration’s operations designed to assess their effectiveness in collecting taxes, with a focus on value-added tax. The ultimate goal of the assessment is to be able…

International Survey on Revenue Administration

2 December 2017
The International Survey on Revenue Administration (ISORA) is a survey of revenue administration performance-related data conducted by the IMF in collaboration with the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations, the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administration, and the Organisation for…

Recent Fiscal Developments and Revenue Trends in Asia and Oceania

1 December 2017
Learn about recent fiscal developments and revenue trends in the world particularly in Asia. This presentation provides a snapshot of the latest fiscal developments in the world and shares revenue trends in Asian countries. It also includes cross-country and chronicle data on tax-to-gross domestic…