Taxation
- Regional tax exemptions in Russia
- E. Kolomak / Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2000
- The federal structure of Russia allows local authorities to determine independently some business taxes, thus opening up the opportunity to influence the business climate in order to attract mobile factors in economic development. ...
- Tax evasion in Russia
- A Vasin; E Panova / Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 1999
- The creation of an effective taxation system appears to be one of the most challenging problems for economies in transition. In Russia tax evasion is widespread and the "grey economy", in which no taxes are paid, are estimated to amou...
- Reform of Ghana's tax system was effective but needs to generate more revenue
- N.K. Kusi / African Economic Research Consortium, 1998
- This study evaluates the revenue productivity of Ghana’s overall tax system and of individual taxes on the basis of estimates of tax buoyancies and elasticities. It also looks at the links between the tax reform of 1983-1993 and ...
- Addressing the fiscal deficit issue: the Nigerian case
- A. Ariyo / African Economic Research Consortium, 1997
- This study evaluates the productivity of the Nigerian tax system for the period 1970-1990. It aims to devise a reasonably accurate estimation of Nigeria’s sustainable revenue profile. In doing so it aims to assist in the design o...
- Tax optimization in Russia
- A. Vasin; P. Vasina / Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2001
- In the short-term, the Russian economy confronts the following dilemma: on the one hand, there are important reasons (huge foreign debt and acute social problems) for increasing budgetary expenses. On the other hand, according to gene...
- Underground economy and tax revenue losses in Malawi
- C Chipeta / African Economic Research Consortium, 2002
- This study addresses the issue of tax evasion in the underground or "second" economy in Malawi. It finds the following: Malawi has a large second economy that is significant in relation to the size of the officia...
- Tax system in Egypt
- H Kheir-El-Din; S Fawzy; A Refaat / Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2000
- This paper assesses the overall tax burden on capital by analyzing the impact of different aspects of the Egyptian tax system (corporate and non-corporate) on the cost of capital and hence on investment efficiency. The study sh...
- How the World Bank can play and important role in helping developing countries provide Education for All
- Global Campaign for Education, 2001
- Half a century ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights established free basic education as a fundamental human right. Yet on current trends there will be 75 million children out of school in 2015. This report claims that...
- Effectiveness of local government taxes in Tanzania
- M. Moore; O. Fjelstad / Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2001
- There is considerable evidence that a significant cause of bad governance, especially in poorer countries, is that states are financed not from the 'earned income' that they derive from taxing their citizens, but rather from the 'unea...
- Tax rates in Brazil and South Africa
- M. Moore; E.S. Lieberman / Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2002
- Brazil and South Africa have much in common. In particular, they are both large middle income countries with very high levels of income inequality where whites historically have dominated over blacks. They differ markedly in te...
- Tax evasion in Russia
- A Vasin; E Panova / Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 1999
- The creation of an effective taxation system appears to be one of the most challenging problems for economies in transition. In Russia tax evasion is widespread and the "grey economy", in which no taxes are paid, are estimated to amou...
- Reform of Ghana's tax system was effective but needs to generate more revenue
- N.K. Kusi / African Economic Research Consortium, 1998
- This study evaluates the revenue productivity of Ghana’s overall tax system and of individual taxes on the basis of estimates of tax buoyancies and elasticities. It also looks at the links between the tax reform of 1983-1993 and ...
- Addressing the fiscal deficit issue: the Nigerian case
- A. Ariyo / African Economic Research Consortium, 1997
- This study evaluates the productivity of the Nigerian tax system for the period 1970-1990. It aims to devise a reasonably accurate estimation of Nigeria’s sustainable revenue profile. In doing so it aims to assist in the design o...
- Tax optimization in Russia
- A. Vasin; P. Vasina / Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2001
- In the short-term, the Russian economy confronts the following dilemma: on the one hand, there are important reasons (huge foreign debt and acute social problems) for increasing budgetary expenses. On the other hand, according to gene...
- Underground economy and tax revenue losses in Malawi
- C Chipeta / African Economic Research Consortium, 2002
- This study addresses the issue of tax evasion in the underground or "second" economy in Malawi. It finds the following: Malawi has a large second economy that is significant in relation to the size of the officia...
- Tax system in Egypt
- H Kheir-El-Din; S Fawzy; A Refaat / Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2000
- This paper assesses the overall tax burden on capital by analyzing the impact of different aspects of the Egyptian tax system (corporate and non-corporate) on the cost of capital and hence on investment efficiency. The study sh...
- How the World Bank can play and important role in helping developing countries provide Education for All
- Global Campaign for Education, 2001
- Half a century ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights established free basic education as a fundamental human right. Yet on current trends there will be 75 million children out of school in 2015. This report claims that...
- Effectiveness of local government taxes in Tanzania
- M. Moore; O. Fjelstad / Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2001
- There is considerable evidence that a significant cause of bad governance, especially in poorer countries, is that states are financed not from the 'earned income' that they derive from taxing their citizens, but rather from the 'unea...
- Tax rates in Brazil and South Africa
- M. Moore; E.S. Lieberman / Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2002
- Brazil and South Africa have much in common. In particular, they are both large middle income countries with very high levels of income inequality where whites historically have dominated over blacks. They differ markedly in te...
- ODI series of papers looking at community forestry and wildlife management practice in Cameroon
- Policy and Environment Programme, ODI, 2001
- Collection which takes as its theme the many and important values which can be derived from community involvement in forest management in the humid tropics, focussing on one of the major timber producers of the tropical world – t...
- National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra (NATSEM)
- NATSEM is a research centre associated with the University of Canberra that undertakes research and analysis specialising in the use of microdata and microsimulation modelling to address ongoing and emerging research agendas and client demand and contribute to and enhance social, economic and business decision making. It aims to steer microsimulation modelling in Australia beyond its tr...
