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Choices for spending government revenue: New African oil, gas, and mining economiesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Extractives Education FrameworkReport
SOUTHMOD country report Zambia - MicroZAMOD v2.0This report documents MicroZAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Zambia. This work was carried out by Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research ( ZIPAR ) in collaboration with the project partners. in the scope of the SOUTHMOD project...
Revenue TaxationReport
SOUTHMOD country report Mozambique - MOZMOD v2.0This report documents MOZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Mozambique. This work was carried out by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique in collaboration with the project partners in the scope of the SOUTHMOD project...
Fiscal policy Revenue TaxationWorking Paper
Toward closer cohesion of international tax statistics: The ICTD/UNU-WIDER GRD 2017The Government Revenue Dataset (GRD) was launched in September 2014 and, in the few years since, has gone on to be recognized as the go-to source for researchers and policymakers seeking cross-country data on government revenues and taxes...
Tax Fiscal policy dataWorking Paper
Choices for spending government revenue: New African oil, gas, and mining economiesThis paper examines a broad range of opportunities for addressing the pressing human development needs of low-income countries by using new oil, gas, and mineral discoveries...
Extractives Education FrameworkWorking Paper
Deflecting my burden, hindering redistribution: How elites influence tax legislation in Latin AmericaThis paper proposes to understand a singular but salient factor that enables the wealthy to deflect their tax burden downwards: elites’ political leverage to shape legislation via their capacity to influence political actors and policy outcomes...
Equality and inequality Revenue Tax evasionWorking Paper
Tax-benefit microsimulation modelling in Mozambique: A feasibility studyThis paper assesses the feasibility of developing a tax and benefit microsimulation model in Mozambique...
Fiscal policy Revenue TaxationWorking Paper
Tax-benefit microsimulation modelling in Zambia: A feasibility studyThis study presents the findings from a feasibility study on the potential for developing a static tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia...
Revenue TaxationBook Chapter
Is it Possible to Reform a Customs Administration?: The Role of the Customs Elite on the Reform Process in CameroonFrom the book: The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Decision making (Finance, Public) Corruption Public administrationWorking Paper
Is it Possible to Reform a Customs Administration?: The Role of the Customs Elite on the Reform Process in CameroonAn ethnographic approach is applied to Cameroon customs in order to explore the role and the capacity of the bureaucratic elites to reform their institution...
Decision making (Finance, Public) Corruption Public administrationWorking Paper
Agricultural Development for PeaceAgricultural development can contribute significantly to peace by raising incomes and employment, thereby reducing the social frustrations that give rise to violence...
Agriculture International trade RevenueWorking Paper
The Revenue and Double Dividend Potential of Taxes on International Private Capital Flows and Securities TransactionsThis paper explores two proposals to tax financial flows in developing economies—the package of policies implemented to various degrees by Chile and Colombia during the 1990s, widely referred to today as the Chilean model—and securities t...
Economic policy Revenue SecuritiesWorking Paper
The Politics of Revenue Sharing in Resource-Dependent StatesIn a significant number of developing countries, revenue from the sale of a few natural resources accounts for the vast majority of export earnings and a large share of total government revenue...
Distribution (Economic theory) Equality and inequality Natural resources