Author: Deborah Brautigam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139469258
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
There is a widespread concern that, in some parts of the world, governments are unable to exercise effective authority. When governments fail, more sinister forces thrive: warlords, arms smugglers, narcotics enterprises, kidnap gangs, terrorist networks, armed militias. Why do governments fail? This book explores an old idea that has returned to prominence: that authority, effectiveness, accountability and responsiveness is closely related to the ways in which governments are financed. It matters that governments tax their citizens rather than live from oil revenues and foreign aid, and it matters how they tax them. Taxation stimulates demands for representation, and an effective revenue authority is the central pillar of state capacity. Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, this book presents and evaluates these arguments, updates theories derived from European history in the light of conditions in contemporary poorer countries, and draws conclusions for policy-makers.
Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries
Author: Deborah Brautigam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139469258
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
There is a widespread concern that, in some parts of the world, governments are unable to exercise effective authority. When governments fail, more sinister forces thrive: warlords, arms smugglers, narcotics enterprises, kidnap gangs, terrorist networks, armed militias. Why do governments fail? This book explores an old idea that has returned to prominence: that authority, effectiveness, accountability and responsiveness is closely related to the ways in which governments are financed. It matters that governments tax their citizens rather than live from oil revenues and foreign aid, and it matters how they tax them. Taxation stimulates demands for representation, and an effective revenue authority is the central pillar of state capacity. Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, this book presents and evaluates these arguments, updates theories derived from European history in the light of conditions in contemporary poorer countries, and draws conclusions for policy-makers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139469258
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
There is a widespread concern that, in some parts of the world, governments are unable to exercise effective authority. When governments fail, more sinister forces thrive: warlords, arms smugglers, narcotics enterprises, kidnap gangs, terrorist networks, armed militias. Why do governments fail? This book explores an old idea that has returned to prominence: that authority, effectiveness, accountability and responsiveness is closely related to the ways in which governments are financed. It matters that governments tax their citizens rather than live from oil revenues and foreign aid, and it matters how they tax them. Taxation stimulates demands for representation, and an effective revenue authority is the central pillar of state capacity. Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, this book presents and evaluates these arguments, updates theories derived from European history in the light of conditions in contemporary poorer countries, and draws conclusions for policy-makers.
Oregon Blue Book
Author: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
OECD Tax Policy Studies Taxing Working Families A Distributional Analysis
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264013210
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Taxing Working Families provides insights into how income taxes and social security contributions affect the distribution of income between different types of families in OECD countries.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264013210
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Taxing Working Families provides insights into how income taxes and social security contributions affect the distribution of income between different types of families in OECD countries.
State Taxation
Author: Jerome R. Hellerstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780791336496
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780791336496
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rich States, Poor States
Author: Arthur B. Laffer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982231524
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982231524
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
2017 State Business Tax Climate Index
Author: Jared Walczak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942768128
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states' tax systems compare. While there are many ways to show how much is collected in taxes by state governments, the Index is designed to show how well states structure their tax systems, and provides a roadmap to improving these structures.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942768128
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states' tax systems compare. While there are many ways to show how much is collected in taxes by state governments, the Index is designed to show how well states structure their tax systems, and provides a roadmap to improving these structures.
2018 State Business Tax Climate Index
Author: Jared Walczak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942768180
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states' tax systems compare. While there are many ways to show how much is collected in taxes by state governments, the Index is designed to show how well states structure their tax systems, and provides a roadmap to improving these structures.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942768180
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states' tax systems compare. While there are many ways to show how much is collected in taxes by state governments, the Index is designed to show how well states structure their tax systems, and provides a roadmap to improving these structures.
The Property Tax and Local Autonomy
Author: Michael E. Bell
Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
ISBN: 9781558442061
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
This book examines the issues and consequences of a declining property tax base with respect to local government autonomy. Some of the nation's leading scholars provide their views on how the property tax effects intergovernmental relations, local autonomy, and education finance. --from publisher description
Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
ISBN: 9781558442061
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
This book examines the issues and consequences of a declining property tax base with respect to local government autonomy. Some of the nation's leading scholars provide their views on how the property tax effects intergovernmental relations, local autonomy, and education finance. --from publisher description
Public Finances
Author: Universities-National Bureau Committee for Economic Research
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
State-local Revenue Systems and Educational Finance
Author: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description