Tag: trade
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Illegal tobacco trade eating government revenues away — BIR
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THE Philippine government lost P25.5 billion in taxes from tobacco smuggling last year, according to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), as it sought to intensify its enforcement of tax compliance on the tobacco industry.
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New polio vaccines are key to preventing outbreaks and achieving eradication
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To reach the goal of polio eradication, we can use new vaccines to contain outbreaks and improve testing, outbreak responses, and sanitation.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/new-polio-vaccines-are-key-to-preventing-outbreaks-and-achieving-eradication" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/polio-edit-reduced.png"/></a>
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Domestic trade value, volume climb in Q1
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The domestic trade in goods in the first quarter grew by 46.7% year on year to P389.42 billion, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Friday. This was also faster than the 12.8% growth and larger than the P326.56 billion recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023, preliminary data from…
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The world has become more resilient to disasters, but investment is needed to save more lives
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Deaths from disasters have fallen, but we need to build even more resilience to ensure this progress doesn’t reverse.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/the-world-has-become-more-resilient-to-disasters-but-investment-is-needed-to-save-more-lives" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/global-disaster-featured-image.png"/></a>
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The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement
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Maternal mortality rates appear to have risen in the last 20 years in the US. But this reflects a change in measurement rather than an actual rise in mortality.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/rise-us-maternal-mortality-rates-measurement" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/maternal-mortality-checkbox-thumbnail.png"/></a>
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Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years
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Every ten seconds, one child is saved by a vaccine against a fatal disease.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccines-children-saved" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/vaccine-lives-saved-featured-image.png"/></a>
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How many children did not die thanks to progress in global health?
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Thanks to improvements in global health, more than 100 million children have been saved since 1990.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/children-saved-global-health" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/how-many-children-did-not-die-thanks-to-progress-in-global-health-thumbnail.png"/></a>
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How effective are policies in reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture?
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All countries now have policies, but not all work as intended. Some drive trade-offs or lead to spillover impacts elsewhere, but there are many examples of successful stories.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/effective-policies-reducing-environmental-impacts-agriculture" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/agri-policies-thumbnail.png"/></a>
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Tracking the impacts of climate change across the world
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How are global temperatures changing, and what are the impacts on sea level rise, sea ice, and ice sheets?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/climate-graph-thumbnail.png"/></a>
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We’re hiring a Writer
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We are looking for a passionate and skilled writer to join our team.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/writer-q2-2024" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/thumbnail_hiring_writer.png"/></a>