Policy Paper
-DUE November 13, 2021
-10 pages paper (12-point font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins)
-On the imposition of a revenue tool—a tax, user fee, etc.
-The paper is about the evolution of the policy., focusing on the following elements:

1. What was the problem that precipitated the construction of this policy? Provide as much detail as you can—statistics, reports, etc.

2. What groups or individuals were advocating for the policy? Where there interest groups involved? If so, who were they? Where the primary proponents locally based or elsewhere? What kinds of tools did they use to advance their cause?

3. Who or what was opposing the policy? Why did they oppose it? What tools did they use to contest its formation? Were they successful at affecting the nature of the policy (even if they were not able to stop it outright)?

REFERENCES:
Insights on the Influence of Sugar Taxes on Obesity Prevention Efforts
Melissa A. Fernandez & Kim D. Raine

Knowledge use in the development of sugar-sweetened beverage tax policy in Mexico and Chile: a qualitative analysis
Gordon C Shen, Benjamin McCarthy, Melissa Fuster, Sarah Lewis, Sahai Burrowes

The influence of the sugar-sweetened beverage industry on publicpolicies in Mexico
Enai Ojeda1 • Christian Torres • A ́ ngela Carriedo • Me ́lissa Mialon • Niyati Parekh • Emanuel Orozco

The political economy of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in Latin America: lessons
from Mexico, Chile and Colombia
Angela Carriedo , Adam D. Koon , Luis Manuel Encarnación , Kelley Lee , Richard Smith and Helen Walls

The Politics of Taxes for Health: An Analysis of the Passage of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Mexico
Erin James, Martín Lajous & Michael R. Reich

Understanding policy change for obesity prevention: learning from sugar-sweetened
beverages taxes in Mexico and Chile
Melissa Fuster, Sahai Burrowes, Cristo ́ bal Cuadrado, Anabel Velasco Bernal, Sarah Lewis, Ben McCarthy, and Gordon C. Shen