Documents et rapports

A Diagnostic of the Health Taxes Landscape in India (anglais)

The consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in India leads to significant public health and economic challenges, with 1.6 million deaths and 49.3 million disability-adjusted...

Alcohol Excise Taxes in Vietnam: Opportunity to Save Lives while Increasing Tax Revenues (anglais)

Health taxes are excise taxes on products that generate negative externalities and internalities and cause health harms to consumers, typically applied to tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages...

The Distributional Impacts of Health Taxes (anglais)

The link between health problems and the consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been widely studied. A large array of diseases is associated with tobacco, ranging from...

Key Findings from the NCD Taxation Evaluation Policy Note : Alcohol (anglais)

Heavy episodic drinking or binge drinking is a major concern in Tonga. With alcohol affecting blood sugar levels, there is a strong link between alcohol and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly...

Key Findings from the NCD Taxation Evaluation Policy Note : Alcohol (Tongan)

Heavy episodic drinking or binge drinking is a major concern in Tonga. With alcohol affecting blood sugar levels, there is a strong link between alcohol and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly...

Implementation Completion and Results Report (ICR) Document - Reducing Health Risk Factors - P160512 (anglais)

Ratings for the Reducing Health Risk Factors Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina were as follows: outcome was moderately unsatisfactory; Bank performance was moderately satisfactory; and monitoring and...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Reducing Health Risk Factors - P160512 - Sequence No : 04 (anglais)

Mental health among displaced people and refugees : making the case for action at the World Bank Group (anglais)

The current crisis of forced displacement is posing serious humanitarian and development challenges across the world. The World Bank Group and the international community at large cannot ignore these challenges...

Public good provision in Indian rural areas : the returns to collective action by microfinance groups (anglais)

Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods...

Project Information Document (Concept Stage) - Reducing Health Risk Factors - P160512 (anglais)

Mental health among displaced people and refugees : making the case for action at the World Bank Group (anglais)

The current crisis of forced displacement is posing serious humanitarian and development challenges across the world. The World Bank Group and the international community at large cannot ignore these challenges...

Nigeria : Final Note on Revenue Impact of Proposed Tobacco and Alcohol Excise Tax Reform – World Bank Group Team, November 10, 2016 (anglais)

The benefits of higher tobacco and alcohol taxes are obvious, both in terms of good health outcomes for individuals and entire communities, which result from reduced tobacco use, prevent the initiation...

Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders (anglais)

Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders contribute approximately 10 percent of the global burden of disease. They often run a chronic course, are highly disabling, and are associated with...

Public good provision in Indian rural areas : the returns to collective action by microfinance groups (anglais)

Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods...

Botswana - National HIV/AIDS Prevention Support Project : procurement plan for twelve months (October 2013 - September 2014) (anglais)

Botswana - National HIV/AIDS Prevention Support Project : procurement plan (anglais)

Cash transfers and temptation goods : a review of global evidence (anglais)

Cash transfers have been demonstrated to improve education and health outcomes and alleviate poverty in various contexts. However, policy makers and others often express concern that poor households will...

Social norms and communication influence (anglais)

Social norms can be understood as either 'what most people think and do' or, alternatively, 'what individuals believe most people think and do.' As such, social norms are about what's considered normal...

So you want to quit smoking : have you tried a mobile phone ? (anglais)

Tobacco use, which is rising quickly in developing countries, kills 5.4 million people a year worldwide. This paper explores the impacts of mobile phone ownership on tobacco consumption. Indeed, mobile...

So you want to quit smoking : have you tried a mobile phone? (anglais)

Tobacco use, which is rising quickly in developing countries, kills 5.4 million people a year worldwide. This paper explores the impacts of mobile phone ownership on tobacco consumption. Indeed, mobile...