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Programme - Taxation and revenue mobilization in developing countries

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Monday 11 March

09:00 – 09:15	Welcoming words Finn Tarp, UNU-WIDER
09:15 – 10:45	Tax structures, trade and growth Chair: Tony Addison, UNU-WIDER Laura Abramovsky, Institute for Fiscal Studies Tax structures and size-based tax policies: a cross-country database and comparative study Kyle McNabb, Heriot-Watt University Tax structures and economic growth Lovisa Moller, ActionAid Recouping of lost trade taxes by other sources
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee
11:15 – 12:45	Natural resources Chair: TBC Christian von Haldenwang, DIE Vulnerability of tax revenue in resource-rich countries Justine Knebelmann, International Growth Centre Natural resources’ impact on government revenues Luc Omgba, University Of Paris Ouest Nanterre On the mobilization of domestic resources in oil countries: the role of historical factors
12:45 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:30	Regional perspectives and health Chair: Wilson Prichard, University of Toronto/ICTD Ismoil Khujamkulov, Carleton University Changes in structure of tax revenues of transition countries and their policy implications Azime Hassen, WUR Measuring taxable capacity & effort in sub-Sahara African countries Patrick Carter, ODI Are taxes good for your health
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee
16:30 – 17:30	Political economy considerations Chair: TBC Urbain Yogo, University Of Paris Ouest Nanterre Political competition and tax revenues in developing countries Armin von Schiller, DIE Party system institutionalisation and reliance on personal income tax in developing countries.

Tuesday 12 March

09:00 – 10:30	Corporate taxation Chair: Jukka Pirttilä, UNU-WIDER Martin Hearson, LSE Are countries that depend on corporate tax revenue less likely to negotiate it away? Alex Cobham, Tax Justice Network International corporate tax and revenue mobilization in developing countries Marin Ferry, University of Paris 9 (Dauphine) Taxation and firm performance in developing countries
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee
11:00 – 12:30	Conflicts and decentralization Chair: Alex Cobham, Tax Justice Network Vanessa Van Den Boogaard, University of Toronto Revenue mobilization in post-conflict developing countries Carla Canelas, UNU-WIDER Fiscal capacity, welfare institutions and conflict Miroslav Palanský, Charles University Taxation and revenue mobilization in developing countries: fiscal decentralization and shadow economy
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:00	Taxation in Latin America Chair: Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, UNU-WIDER Bruno Martorano, IDS Tax changes and inequality in Latin America, 1990 - 2010 Liliana Cano, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole Fiscal policy and income inequality decline in Latin America, 1990 - 2010
15:00 – 15:15	Coffee
15:15 – 16:00	Wilson Prichard, University of Toronto/ICTD Further development of the data
16:00 – 16:30	Wrap up and discussion on publications

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