Why Have Tax Reforms Hampered MDG Financing?

Author: Terry McKinley
Thematic Area: Inclusive Growth

Abstract:IPC One Pager #39 called for greater ambition in raising domestic revenue for MDG strategies in low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It advocated boosting revenue by four percentage points of GDP by 2015. This One Pager examines why tax reforms achieved less than half this increase in these countries between the early 1990s and early 2000s. (...)

Keywords:Tax; Reforms; MDGs; Financing; Poverty
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Type/Issue:One Pager/42
ISSN:2318-9118

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