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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974032303321

Autore

Keen Michael

Titolo

Taxation and Development : : Again / / Michael Keen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

9781475555691

1475555695

9781475570779

1475570775

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (31 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/12/220

Disciplina

336.2009172;336.20091724

Soggetti

Taxation - Developing countries

Taxation - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Business Taxes and Subsidies

Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development

Income and capital gains taxes

Income tax

Income

Macroeconomics

National accounts

Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies

Personal income

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Revenue administration

Revenue

Spendings tax

Structure and Scope of Government: General

Tax administration and procedure

Tax administration core functions

Taxation

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

Taxes

Value-added tax

Pakistan



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Developing Countries Differ-Yes, and...?; Table 1. Tax Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa; III. The Checkered History of Big Ideas; IV. Informality is Not the Issue; V. State Building and Taxation-What's New?; VI. Conclusions; References

Sommario/riassunto

Issues of taxation and development, which have long been a central concern of the IMF, have attracted wider and renewed interest in the last few years. This paper reflects on three broad lessons of experience: that developing countries differ vastly in tax matters, and in ways that are less than fully understood; that the history of ‘big ideas’ in guiding tax reform for developing countries is decidedly mixed; and that the value of the emphasis often placed in this context on ‘informality’ is decidedly limited. It also asks whether ideas of ‘state building’ emphasized in some of the recent literature are likely to lead to practical advice much different from that commonly offered now.