New Research Shows Mobile Tax Reform Could Accelerate Economic Gains in Bangladesh and Pakistan
VEON published a report by Frontier Economics arguing that reducing mobile sector taxes in Bangladesh and Pakistan would accelerate digital growth and eventually increase government revenues. The report models that cutting taxes from 47% to 23% in Bangladesh and 37% to 17% in Pakistan could raise GDP per capita growth rates modestly in the medium term.
Key figures
- Bd mobile tax current
- 47%
- Pk mobile tax current
- 37%
- Bd mobile tax proposed
- 23%
- Pk mobile tax proposed
- 17%
- Connectivity gdp elasticity
- 0.115
- Bd gdp per capita growth current
- 6.6%
- Pk gdp per capita growth current
- 4.2%
- Bd gdp per capita growth projected
- 7.2%
- Pk gdp per capita growth projected
- 4.5%
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