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  Trust in public finance: citizens views on taxation by local authorities in Tanzania

  Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2004

  This paper examines the problem of tax evasion and non-payment in Tanzania, looking specifically at evidence that the rate of contribution to public services is affected by factors such as citizens’ trust in others and the trustworthiness of the government. Findings from a recently conducted citizens’ survey support this proposition.
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  A call for participatory decision making: discussion paper on World Bank - Civil Society engagement

  CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, 2005

  This paper explores the opportunities for empowering forms of participation in World Bank decision-making. It examines the challenges of public participation in the Bank’s institutional governance, and in its operations at global, national, and local levels.
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  Uses of privatization proceeds: Jordan’s case (1995-2004)

  Center for Strategic Studies, Jordan, 2004

  One of the most important areas in which there have been prolonged and persistent debate and discussion after the Privatisation Program started in Jordan was precisely around the issue of utilsation of privatisation proceeds. Privatisation proceeds are major sums of money, generated from selling public assets, which were yielding flows of income to the Treasury.
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  Broken promises: how World Bank Group policies and practice fail to protect forests and forest peoples’ rights

  World Rainforest Movement, 2004

  This collection of articles by rainforest campaigners focuses on the role of World Bank practices in the lives of forest people's.Articles include:The World Bank and Forests: a tissue of lies and deception Ricardo Carrere, World Rainforest Movement & Marcus Colchester, Forest Peoples ProgrammeThe Great ‘Community Forest Management’ Swindle: critical evaluation of an ongoing World Ba
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  World Bank Group work in low-income countries under stress: a Task Force Report

  Fragile States: the LICUS Initiative, World Bank, 2002

  This report summarises the analysis, findings, and recommendations from the World Bank’s study on Low-Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS).
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  Case study of a "successful" sector-wide approach: the Uganda health sector SWAp

  Swiss Tropical Institute, 2004

  This paper, from the Swiss Tropical Institute, explores some of the factors for the success of a sector wide approach (SWAp) in the Ugandan health sector.. The paper seeks to understand why it is working, the factors for success, what has not worked well and why, and draws out lessons for other countries.
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  Corruption in international business transactions: the perspective of Norwegian firms

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  The paper aims at obtaining a better understanding of the dynamics of corruption in international business transactions, focusing particularly on the perspectives of Norwegian firms.
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  Risk, responsibility and human rights: taking a rights based approach to trade and project finance

  Halifax Initiative, 2004

  In the light of growing pressure on Public International Financial Institutions (PIFIs) to better take account of the human rights impacts their projects, this discussion paper proposes a framework, based on best practices, for mainstreaming human rights concerns into all stages of the project cycles.The main characteristics of the framework is that it firmly roots corporate and PIFI processes
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  Brazil's tax system: the dilemmas of policy reform

  Canadian Foundation for the Americas, 2005

  This paper examines the problems of reform of Brazil's current tax system. In particular it focuses on the difficulties of reconciling global pressures with demands for tax reduction as well as the need to invest more public resources to tackle poverty, social and regional inequality.
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  Trust in public finance: citizens' view on taxation by local authorities in Tanzania

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This paper looks at persistent public resistance to paying local taxes in Tanzania, as evidenced by widespread tax evasion and non-payment of fees and charges. In the standard economic model of taxpayer behaviour, the perceived quality of the government does not influence the level of taxes remitted.

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