Presentations:
- Overview of global trends in tax policies and their role in shaping social and environmental outcomes - Sudarshan Kasturirangan, Regional Tax Specialist, UNDP
- Pro-Health Taxation in Timor Leste - Elson Martinho da Costa, National Director of Management of Effectiveness and Mobilization of External Assistance, Ministry of Finance, Timor Leste
- SDG-aligned tax policies in Mongolia - Odonchimeg Tsedenbal, Head of Transfer Pricing Division, Tax Audit and Methodology Department, General Department of Taxation, Mongolia
- Aligning Tax and Fiscal Policies to Achieve the SDGs - A. Kumarasiri, Director General, Department of National Planning, Ministry of Finance of Sri Lanka
About the event:
The June 2023 Asia-Pacific INFF Exchange event served as a forum for dialogue between policymakers leading INFF processes across the region, engaging private sector actors, civil society and international partners on sustainable finance. Through this event, participants shared and learned from promising approaches and practices, discussed innovations and identified opportunities and challenges for financing sustainable development. The event was jointly hosted by the INFF Facility, UNDP, UNDESA, UNESCAP and EU.
About session 7: Moving towards SDG-aligned tax policies
This session addressed the criticality of SDG-aligned tax policies in financing the SDGs. Recognizing tax as a stable source of revenue for state finances, the discussion underscored the necessity of tax policy reforms for domestic revenue enhancement and behavioural influence towards societal and environmental goals. Topics ranged from achievements in tax reforms to challenges faced by developing economies in mobilising domestic revenues through taxation.