Health Earmarks and Health Taxes : What Do We Know? (English)

Earmarking means taking all or a portion of total revenue from a tax or group of taxes and setting it aside or ‘protecting’ it for a designated expenditure purpose. Earmarking practices vary from ‘hard’ to ‘soft,’ and are associated with different levels of fiscal risk. At least 80, and likely more, countries earmark for health. However, earmarking is unlikely to bring a sustained net increase in revenue due to offsetting and can create rigidities...

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Ozer,Ceren;

Bloom,Danielle Elena;

Valle, Adolfo Martinez;

Banzon,Eduardo P.;

Mandeville,Kate;

Paul Jr,Jeremias Neri;

Blecher, Evan;

Sparkes,Susan;

Chhabra,Sheena;
Document Date
2020/12/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
154865
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2020/12/16
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Health Earmarks and Health Taxes : What Do We Know?
Keywords
social health insurance

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Ozer,Ceren; Bloom,Danielle Elena; Valle, Adolfo Martinez; Banzon,Eduardo P.; Mandeville,Kate; Paul Jr,Jeremias Neri; Blecher, Evan; Sparkes,Susan; Chhabra,Sheena.

Health Earmarks and Health Taxes : What Do We Know? (English). Health, nutrition, and population (HNP) knowledge brief Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/415911607500858658

Health Earmarks and Health Taxes : What Do We Know? (English)

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