Taxation and gender equity : a comparative analysis of direct and indirect taxes in developing and developed countries / / edited by Caren Grown and Imraan Valodia
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| Titolo: |
Taxation and gender equity : a comparative analysis of direct and indirect taxes in developing and developed countries / / edited by Caren Grown and Imraan Valodia
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 336.2009172/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Taxation - Developing countries |
| Taxation - Developed countries | |
| Fiscal policy - Developing countries | |
| Fiscal policy - Developed countries | |
| Women - Government policy - Developing countries | |
| Women - Government policy - Developed countries | |
| Altri autori: |
GrownCaren
ValodiaImraan
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: Why Gender and Taxation? -- A Comparative Analysis: Gender Neutrality, Gender Regressivity, and Gender Progressivity in Tax Systems around the World -- United Kingdom -- Country Case Study: Argentina -- Country Case Study: Mexico -- Country Case Study: India -- Country Case Study: Morocco -- Country Case Study: South Africa -- Country Case Study: Ghana -- Country Case Study: Uganda -- Conclusions and Recommendations. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Around the world, there are concerns that many tax codes are biased against women, and that contemporary tax reforms tend to increase the incidence of taxation on the poorest women while failing to generate enough revenue to fund the programs needed to improve these women's lives. Because taxes are the key source of revenue governments themselves raise, understanding the nature and composition of taxation and current tax reform efforts is key to reducing poverty, providing sufficient revenue for public expenditure, and achieving social justice. This is the first book to system |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Taxation and gender equity |
| ISBN: | 0-415-77994-4 |
| 1-136-98024-5 | |
| 1-282-80634-3 | |
| 9786612806346 | |
| 1-55250-469-7 | |
| 1-136-98025-3 | |
| 1-282-63962-5 | |
| 9786612639623 | |
| 0-203-85295-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813272903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Routledge international studies in money and banking ; ; 58.