Publication: The Impact of Health Taxes in Armenia
Abstract
This report has been prepared by the
World Bank, at the request of the MoH, to support ongoing
efforts to improve population health and revenue
mobilization in the sector. The study estimates the health
impacts of increasing taxation on SSBs, alcohol, and tobacco
across gender and income-quintiles. The revenue potential of
these taxes is also explored. The target audience for these
findings includes senior policymakers and technical advisers
in the MoH, Ministry of Economy, and Ministry of Finance
(MoF).The remainder of this report is organized as follows.
In Chapter 2, the authors reviewthe current state of health
and consumption taxes in Armenia. Chapter 3 outlines
themethods used to estimate the change in tax revenue and
consumption of alcohol,tobacco, and SSBs. Chapter 4 reports
the analysis results, including the potentialadditional
fiscal space and health gains. Finally, chapter 5 presents
the conclusionsbased on the findings.
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Citation
“Saxena, Akshar; Chukwuma, Adanna; Qaiser, Seemi; Manookian, Armineh; Minasyan, Gevorg. 2023. The Impact of Health Taxes in Armenia. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40345 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”