Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria
For A Project To Develop An Online Tool To Simulate Changes In Tax Policy In Mexico
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Amount$750,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/14/2015
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
This grant will allow the Center to complete the development of its fiscal simulator, a public, Web-based tool that enables citizens to model different fiscal scenarios encompassing 95 percent of federal income and 90 percent of the federal expenditure. Given the recent energy reform, the fall in international oil prices, and the demographic dividend, the Center will develop two thematic modules within the simulator to analyze oil resources, as well as public expenditures in education, health, and the pension systems. The Center will also develop three reports: two separate reports that provide an analysis of expenditure in education and health and its relationship with the quality of the service, and a third report on expenditure in the pension system and its relationship to the demographic dividend.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ciep.mx
Address
Puebla 151 - Int O Col. Roma Norte Delegación Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, 06700, Mexico
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria (CIEP) A.C. is a research and advocacy organization in Mexico that contributes evidence to the public debate on issues of economy and public finance. CIEP strengthens the research capacities of economists to work on public finance; provides technical assistance to decision makers; develops tools for fiscal analysis; and communicates the findings of their budget analysis with citizens, journalists, and decision makers. Over the next three years, CIEP will deepen its partnerships with local governments and social movements. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for a project to develop an online tool to simulate changes in tax policy in Mexico
With this grant, the Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria would use public information to create an interactive, public, Web-based tool that would allow the community of practice and citizens in general to evaluate different fiscal scenarios for Mexico. This simulator would produce evidence-based data to support policy recommendations, help place public finances at the center of public debate, and foster citizen participation. The fiscal simulator allows changes to income variables such as income tax, VAT, oil, and other taxes, as well as modify government expenditure to evaluate Mexico’s public spending, effectiveness, long-term fiscal sustainability, and public policy design in general.
