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The 6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference took place in Washington, DC, on September 26-27, 2024, with streaming for non-presenting attendees.
This event was part of the 2024 Tax Data Analytics Week. Visit the week¡¯s website for the full agenda and details on other events.
About the Conference
As low- and middle-income countries grow, the structure of production, trade and employment changes; it is imperative for public finance policies to evolve in tandem with these changes. Depending on a country¡¯s development model and natural resources, growth takes different forms, but it typically consists of an expansion of manufacturing and tertiary sectors, diversification of trade, and more limited reliance on primary sectors. Growth is also accompanied by increasing formalization of firms and employment, human capital accumulation and demographic shifts. The mix of tax instruments, the structure of unemployment insurance, and the financing of pension systems hence need to adapt in the process of structural change ¨C and might also have an important role in fostering those changes.
The 2024 Public Finance Conference featured presentations from both micro and macro perspectives, that relate to the conference theme and inform policy design in low and middle-income countries. Topics included:
- Tax policies suitable for lower-income countries on a growth trajectory;
- Fiscal policy aimed at promoting structural transformation, including industrial policy;
- Fiscal and Labor market policies addressing high informality / promoting rapid formalization;
- Design of government pensions systems in low and middle-income countries;
Keynote Address
The keynote address was delivered by , Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.
Pre-Conference Side Event
Taking place just before the conference, 'The Business of Taxing Businesses in East Africa' event was held on Wednesday, September 25th at the World Bank MC Building. For more information and to watch the recordings, please visit the event website.
Public Finance Conference Agenda
All times are in EST
Partners
Organizing Committee
Jaffar Al Rikabi, Annette Alstads?ter, Pierre Bachas, Anne Brockmeyer, Pablo Garriga, Fran?ois Gerard, Hazel Granger, Jonas Hjort, Christopher Hoy, Oyebola Okunogbe, David Phillips, Thiago Scot, Mahvish Shaukat, Dario Tortarolo, Yani Tyskerud, Ekaterina Vostroknutova, Mazhar Waseem.
- Overview
- Day 1
- Day 2
- RELATED
DATES: September 26-27, 2024
FORMAT: In-Person and Online
VENUE: MC 2-800, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Send us inquiries at
Day 1 - Thursday, September 26 |
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8:30-9:20 |
Registration & Breakfast |
9:20-9:30 |
Opening Remarks Manuela Francisco (Global Director, World Bank) () |
9:30-11:00 |
Session 1: Fiscal Policies to Promote Structural Transformation ¡°Place-based Policy, Migration Barriers, and Spatial Inequality¡± ¡°The Spatial Production Network and Optimal Spatial Industrial Policies: An Application in the Context of China¡± ¡°Bureaucrats and the Korean Export Miracle¡± |
11:00-11:20 |
Coffee Break |
11:20-12:20 |
Keynote Session Keynote Speaker: , Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. |
12:20-13:30 |
Lunch Break |
13:30-15:00 |
Session 2: Public Finances of Pensions & Social Protection ¡°Does Financial Inclusion Mitigate Social Exclusion?¡± ¡°Old-Age Pension and Labor Market Outcomes of Younger Individuals: Evidence from Uganda¡± ¡°Mitigating the Consequences of Job Loss: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia¡± |
15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break |
15:30-16:30 |
Egg-timer 1: Taxes in a Changing World ¡°Structural Transformation and Tax Administration: Development and the Changing Tax System¡± ¡°The Global Allocation of Extractive Windfalls¡± ¡°Biased Tax Enforcement as A Trade Barrier: The Role of Mandated Transparency at Customs¡± ¡°Crypto Crackdown: Insights into Tax Compliance¡± ¡°Mobile Technologies and Firm Formalization: Evidence from Uganda¡± |
16:30-16:45 |
Coffee Break |
16:45-17:45 |
Policy Session Speakers: |
Day 2 - Friday, September 27 |
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8:30-9:15 |
Registration & Breakfast |
9:15-10:45 |
Session 3: Aggregate Effects of Public Finances ¡°Size-Dependent Policies, Informality and Misallocation¡± ¡°The Macroeconomic Effects of Cash Transfers: Evidence from Brazil¡± ¡°Taxation when Markets Are Not Competitive: Evidence from a Loan Tax¡± |
10:45-11:15 |
Coffee Break |
11:15-12:00 |
Eggtimer 2: Fiscal Policy, Firms, and Labor Markets ¡°Formal Employment Dynamics and Development¡± ¡°Effects of Hiring Credits on the Argentine Labor Market¡± ¡°When Are Innovation Support Programs Effective? Examples from Chile and Colombia¡± |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
13:00-13:15 |
Info session: |
13:15-14:30 |
Session 4: Major Tax Reforms ¡°The Effects of Adopting a Value Added Tax on Firms¡± ¡°Technology, Tax, and Domestic Trade: Evidence from Rwanda's Electronic Invoicing Expansion¡± |
14:30-15:00 |
??Closing Remarks William F. Maloney (Chief Economist for Latin America and Caribbean, World Bank) ( | ) |
DaTax: A Lab to Study Taxes, Firms and Jobs using Micro Data
Taxes and Government Revenue at the World Bank
Past conferences:
5th World Bank/IFS/ODI Tax Conference: The Political Economy of Public Finances
4th World Bank Tax Conference: Global Tax Equity
3rd World Bank Tax Conference: New Tax Instruments
2nd World Bank Tax Conference: Taxing Personal Income and Wealth in Developing Countries
Date: September 26 - 27, 2024 ET
Location: Washington, DC and Online