Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors

How were the governments of three middle-income countries with high levels of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—India, Mexico, and South Africa—able to implement sugar-sweetened beverage taxes (SSBs) despite intense opposition from powerful corporations? Employing a multiple streams analytical framew...

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Autor principal: Gómez, Eduardo J.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140083
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description How were the governments of three middle-income countries with high levels of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—India, Mexico, and South Africa—able to implement sugar-sweetened beverage taxes (SSBs) despite intense opposition from powerful corporations? Employing a multiple streams analytical framework to explain the agenda-setting process, this chapter highlights several factors that generated supportive coalitions for SSBs, including the importance of transnational advocacy in each country as well as governments’ interest in generating more revenue from the tax. By contrast, regulatory measures to regulate the soda and snack food industries, such as limits on advertising, sales, and food labeling, have been less accepted by the same governments. To explain why, the chapter argues that coalitions around these policies are weaker, regulation generates lower levels of public contestation and visibility, and the prospect for generating government revenue is less pronounced.
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spelling CGSpace1400832025-11-06T04:09:31Z Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors Gómez, Eduardo J. frameworks sustainable development goals policies non-communicable diseases food policies taxes agricultural policies reforms food industry regulations ultraprocessed foods food systems governance How were the governments of three middle-income countries with high levels of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—India, Mexico, and South Africa—able to implement sugar-sweetened beverage taxes (SSBs) despite intense opposition from powerful corporations? Employing a multiple streams analytical framework to explain the agenda-setting process, this chapter highlights several factors that generated supportive coalitions for SSBs, including the importance of transnational advocacy in each country as well as governments’ interest in generating more revenue from the tax. By contrast, regulatory measures to regulate the soda and snack food industries, such as limits on advertising, sales, and food labeling, have been less accepted by the same governments. To explain why, the chapter argues that coalitions around these policies are weaker, regulation generates lower levels of public contestation and visibility, and the prospect for generating government revenue is less pronounced. 2023-10-16 2024-03-14T12:08:53Z 2024-03-14T12:08:53Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140083 en https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198882121.001.0001 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Oxford University Press Gómez, Eduardo J. 2023. Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors. In The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World, eds. Danielle Resnick and Johan Swinnen. Chapter 6, Pp. 133-154. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198882121.003.0006.
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sustainable development goals
policies
non-communicable diseases
food policies
taxes
agricultural policies
reforms
food industry
regulations
ultraprocessed foods
food systems
governance
Gómez, Eduardo J.
Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors
title Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors
title_full Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors
title_fullStr Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors
title_full_unstemmed Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors
title_short Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors
title_sort government response to ultra processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations the need to build coalitions across policy sectors
topic frameworks
sustainable development goals
policies
non-communicable diseases
food policies
taxes
agricultural policies
reforms
food industry
regulations
ultraprocessed foods
food systems
governance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140083
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