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Record Nr.

UNINA9910597890103321

Autore

Moore Mick

Titolo

Taxing Africa : Coercion, reform and development / / Mick Moore, Wilson Prichard, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2018

©2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 276 pages)

Collana

African arguments

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Why Does Tax Matter? -- 2. A New Tax Era in Africa? -- 3. Is Africa the Victim of Global Forces? -- 4. What Can Africa Do in the Face of International Tax Challenges? -- 5. Extractives and Extraction: Taxing Oil, Gas and Minerals -- 6. Taxing at National Level: Rising to the Challenge? -- 7. Small Taxes and Large Burdens: Informal and Subnational Revenues -- 8. Does Taxation Lead to Improved Governance? -- 9. The Way Forward.

Sommario/riassunto

From tackling the collusion of elites with international corporations to enhancing local democratic governance in Africa, this book examines the potential for reform, and how it may become a springboard for broader development gains.