This site combines four threads of evidence on World Bank tax policy advisory in East Asia and the Pacific: what the WB has recommended, what tax revenues actually did, what inequality looks like, and what structural indicators say about each economy's tax potential. Read in isolation, any one thread can mislead. Put together, they point to four strategy directions for the WB engagement model.
Main output
Presentation handout
The full deck with all animations collapsed onto single pages — ideal for printing, sharing, or reading on a tablet.
Presentation deck (interactive)
Same content as the handout, as a reveal.js slideshow. Use arrows or space to advance.
Four sections — the analytical map
The four sections build on each other. Section 1 establishes what was recommended. Section 2 asks whether the recommendations tracked the realised revenue. Section 3 examines distributional impact (or the data gap that prevents us from examining it). Section 4 introduces a structural ceiling that bounds what any policy reform can achieve.
Advisory History — what the WB has recommended
Revenue Trajectories — what actually happened
Inequality — distribution and the data gap
Structural Indicators — the ceiling that bounds reform
The four sections are independent reads but their logical chain is the spine of the report.