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(PAHOMexicoMexico, D.F, 2015)[Introduction].The purpose of the present work is to describe the procedure whereby a tax on sugar- sweetened beverages and energy-dense foods was implemented as a public health strategy in Mexico. This document is an ...
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(2016)Objetivo. Estimar elasticidades precio e ingreso de la demanda agregada de cigarrillos para Colombia mediante el control de cambios estructurales en el mercado desde finales de los años 90, para identificar espacios de ...
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(2017)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, ...
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(2018)[RESUMEN]. En mayo de 2016, el Poder Ejecutivo de Argentina sancionó el decreto 626, que aumentó los impuestos internos de los cigarrillos de 60% a 75%, lo que implicó un aumento de 50% en su precio medio de venta al ...
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(2018)[RESUMEN]. Los artículos publicados en esta serie muestran que es posible crear espacio fiscal para la salud en los países. Para esto se requieren decisiones específicas, ya que el crecimiento económico no es suficiente ...
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(2018)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To determine the extent to which increased taxes on alcohol and tobacco products in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries might successfully reduce consumption of those products and raise revenues, ...
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(2019)[ABSTRACT]. The articles published in this series show that it is possible to create fiscal space for health in countries. This requires specific decisions since economic growth is not enough to generate the additional ...
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(PAHOUnited StatesWashington, D.C., 2019)Taxation is the most cost-effective policy to reduce alcohol consumption, with a cost of 22 and 41 international dollars per DALY saved in low- and lower-middle-income countries and upper-middle-and high-income countries, ...
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(2019)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. El objetivo de esta investigación es estudiar la fuerza de traslado, la transición y la persistencia del impuesto especial sobre productos y servicios (IEPS) a alimentos y bebidas de densidad energética ...
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(PAHOUnited StatesWashington, D.C., 2021)Sugar-sweetened beverage excise taxes are an effective evidence-based noncommunicable diseases (NCD) prevention policy. Along with tobacco and alcohol excise taxes, they are a tool to attain the Sustainable Development ...
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(PAHOUnited StatesWashington, D.C., 2022)Decreasing alcohol affordability is one of the main public policy measures recommended to reduce alcohol consumption. This fact sheet describes what is alcohol affordability and how it can be decreased, the advantages of ...
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(Organisation panaméricaine de la SantéUnited StatesWashington, D.C., 2022)La réduction de l’accessibilité financière de l’alcool est l’une des principales mesures de politique publique recommandées pour réduire la consommation d’alcool. Cette fiche d'information décrit ce qu'est l’accessibilité ...
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Lessons learned from fostering tobacco taxes in the Americas and implications for other health taxes (2022)[ABSTRACT]. During the past decade progress has been made from a public health perspective in advancing tobacco taxation policies in the World Health Organization’s Region of the Americas, and there are important lessons ...
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(PAHOUnited StatesWashington, D.C., 2022)The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2030 (WHO Global Action Plan) recognizes the critical importance of reducing the level of exposure of ...