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Working Paper

Microsimulation analysis of the impact of indirect tax benefits on income distribution and poverty alleviation in Tanzania

This paper analyses the impacts of indirect tax policy reforms on income distribution and poverty in Tanzania by applying a standard static microsimulation model TAZMOD v1.8. The simulations model two indirect tax reforms involving changes to the...

Journal Article

The impact of indirect tax on income distribution and poverty in Tanzania

This study analyses the impacts of indirect tax benefits policy reforms on income distribution and poverty in Tanzania by applying a standard static microsimulation model TAZMOD v1.8. The simulations model two indirect tax reforms involving changes...

Seminar

Mazhar Waseem on pecuniary and non-pecuniary motivations for tax compliance: evidence from Pakistan

Mazhar Waseem will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 9 October 2019. Abstract – Pecuniary and non-pecuniary motivations for tax compliance: evidence from Pakistan We examine two Pakistani programs to explore the role of deterrence as well as...

9 October 2019

UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland

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Project

Building African capacity for policy simulation

Theme: 1985-97

With the introduction of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), governments in Africa and other developing countries have been under great pressure to devise effective policies that will reduce poverty and...

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