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The Global Tax [Umbrella] Program Document was updated in June 2020 to reflect a temporal change in the structure of the Program Umbrella, broadening its scope to allow for a temporary pillar (18 months) on Fiscal Policy support in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This new structure allows for a clear separation of the work under the two differentiated pillars: DRM and Fiscal Policy (FPP). The development objective of the GTP Umbrella was amended to include fiscal activities on macro-fiscal policy, expenditure policy, and financial risk management, in addition to the activities focused on DRM. The overall objective of the new broader umbrella (GTP and FPP) was changed to ''Support countries in the design and implementation of balanced and efficient expenditure and revenue policies that will contribute to achieving sustainable and inclusive growth''.

Nonetheless, the Global Tax Program DRM Pillar’s overarching goal remains unchanged. The aim of this line of work continues to focus on providing support to countries in strengthening their tax systems by facilitating the design and implementation of evidence-based, comprehensive, and sequenced reform programs. The expected impact is the generation of domestic revenue through taxation. As of FY20-end, 76% of the total committed funding for the DRM Pillar has been allocated and 90% of the unearmarked MDTF contributions have been assigned to GTP ASA projects. Since its inception, the GTP has funded engagements in 63 countries, of which 70% are IDA. 43% of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund’s (MDTF) available resources have been allocated to these countries. To fill an important geographic gap in the GTP DRM Portfolio, the Secretariat launched a Call for Proposals for activities targeting the East Asia Pacific Region in June 2020. Seven applications have been received and the aim is to allocate a total of USD 3.5 million to these countries by Q1 FY21.