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Project

Making Tobacco Taxation Work in Vietnam
 

Viet Nam
Project ID
108823
Total Funding
CAD 309,900.00
IDRC Officer
Natacha Lecours
Project Status
Completed
End Date
Duration
36 months

Programs and partnerships

Lead institution(s)

Project leader:
Ngoc Anh Nguyen
Viet Nam

Summary

Tobacco is a significant contributor to the rising global burden of non-communicable diseases.Read more

Tobacco is a significant contributor to the rising global burden of non-communicable diseases. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the implementation of which is a specific target (3.a) of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, recognizes that raising taxes is the most cost-effective tobacco control measure. However, this measure remains under-used in many countries.

This project proposes that by generating Vietnamese evidence on the effect of tax increases on the rate of tobacco consumption, policymakers will have the rigorous quantitative tools necessary to set effective tax rates. The researchers will also assess how the tobacco industry shifts its marketing and pricing strategy in response to the increase in taxes, particularly impacts in different income groups and gender.
The analysis will be used to prevent leakages in the current taxation system and to support taxation reform to reduce smoking-related inequalities in Vietnam. The project will be implemented by the Development and Policies Research Centre, an economic think tank in Vietnam.

This project is funded through the Economics of Tobacco Control Research Initiative, a five-year co-funding partnership between IDRC and Cancer Research UK that was launched in October 2017.

About the partnership

Partnership(s)

The Economics of Tobacco Control Research Initiative

The Economics of Tobacco Control Research Initiative (ETCRI) funded innovative fiscal policy research supporting tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).