Abstract:Financing MDG-based national strategies has focused, so far, on scaling up ODA. Mobilising domestic revenue, by contrast, has been neglected, despite being a better long-term option. There are various reasons: pessimism about raising revenue, a prevalent ‘small-state’ ideology and a preference for ODA-led solutions. (...)

Keywords:Economic policies, MDG, financing, poverty

Publication Date:11 July 2007

Type/Issue:One Pager/39

ISSN:2318-9118