Taxation and Development

For more than half a century, scholars and international agencies have been making recommendations about taxation in developing countries. The advice economists have offered to developing countries has changed over time, particularly regarding inco...

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Main Author: Bird, Richard
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/12840719/taxation-development
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spelling okr-10986-101502021-04-23T14:02:49Z Taxation and Development Bird, Richard ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES CAPITAL GAINS CAPITAL INFLOWS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMPTION TAXES CORPORATE INCOME TAX DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT BANK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUTURES INCOME INCOME TAX INCOME TAXES INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING MARKET FAILURES MICRODATA OPTIMAL TAXATION PARTICULAR COUNTRIES PARTICULAR COUNTRY POLICY ACTIONS POLICY CHANGES POLICY DISCUSSION POLICY INSTRUMENT POLICY MAKERS POLICY OBJECTIVES POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY PROCESS POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS POLICY REFORM POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC POLICY RESOURCE ALLOCATION REVENUE REQUIREMENT SAVINGS SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL CAPITAL SUBNATIONAL TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX CONCESSIONS TAX EFFORT TAX EVASION TAX POLICIES TAX POLICY TAX RATES TAX RATIO TAX REFORM TAX REGIMES TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX STRUCTURES TAX SYSTEM TAX SYSTEMS TAXATION TAXATION­THEORY TAXPAYERS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS VALUE ADDED TAX For more than half a century, scholars and international agencies have been making recommendations about taxation in developing countries. The advice economists have offered to developing countries has changed over time, particularly regarding income and consumption taxes. Why? What do we know now about taxes and developing countries that we did not know 50 years ago? What do we still not know that we really should know? What should scholars and international agencies do if they wish to make tax policy recommendations that are economically sensible and likely to prove feasible, acceptable, and helpful in practice? This brief note offers some tentative answers to these complex questions. 2012-08-13T10:33:46Z 2012-08-13T10:33:46Z 2010-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/12840719/taxation-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10150 English Economic Premise; No. 34 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
CAPITAL GAINS
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSUMPTION TAXES
CORPORATE INCOME TAX
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT BANK
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FUTURES
INCOME
INCOME TAX
INCOME TAXES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTING
MARKET FAILURES
MICRODATA
OPTIMAL TAXATION
PARTICULAR COUNTRIES
PARTICULAR COUNTRY
POLICY ACTIONS
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY INSTRUMENT
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY OBJECTIVES
POLICY OUTCOMES
POLICY PROCESS
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
POLICY REFORM
POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC POLICY
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
REVENUE REQUIREMENT
SAVINGS
SMALL BUSINESSES
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SUBNATIONAL
TAX
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX CONCESSIONS
TAX EFFORT
TAX EVASION
TAX POLICIES
TAX POLICY
TAX RATES
TAX RATIO
TAX REFORM
TAX REGIMES
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX STRUCTURES
TAX SYSTEM
TAX SYSTEMS
TAXATION
TAXATION­THEORY
TAXPAYERS
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
VALUE ADDED TAX
spellingShingle ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
CAPITAL GAINS
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSUMPTION TAXES
CORPORATE INCOME TAX
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT BANK
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FUTURES
INCOME
INCOME TAX
INCOME TAXES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTING
MARKET FAILURES
MICRODATA
OPTIMAL TAXATION
PARTICULAR COUNTRIES
PARTICULAR COUNTRY
POLICY ACTIONS
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY INSTRUMENT
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY OBJECTIVES
POLICY OUTCOMES
POLICY PROCESS
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
POLICY REFORM
POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC POLICY
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
REVENUE REQUIREMENT
SAVINGS
SMALL BUSINESSES
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SUBNATIONAL
TAX
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX CONCESSIONS
TAX EFFORT
TAX EVASION
TAX POLICIES
TAX POLICY
TAX RATES
TAX RATIO
TAX REFORM
TAX REGIMES
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX STRUCTURES
TAX SYSTEM
TAX SYSTEMS
TAXATION
TAXATION­THEORY
TAXPAYERS
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
VALUE ADDED TAX
Bird, Richard
Taxation and Development
relation Economic Premise; No. 34
description For more than half a century, scholars and international agencies have been making recommendations about taxation in developing countries. The advice economists have offered to developing countries has changed over time, particularly regarding income and consumption taxes. Why? What do we know now about taxes and developing countries that we did not know 50 years ago? What do we still not know that we really should know? What should scholars and international agencies do if they wish to make tax policy recommendations that are economically sensible and likely to prove feasible, acceptable, and helpful in practice? This brief note offers some tentative answers to these complex questions.
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author Bird, Richard
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title Taxation and Development
title_short Taxation and Development
title_full Taxation and Development
title_fullStr Taxation and Development
title_full_unstemmed Taxation and Development
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publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/12840719/taxation-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10150
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