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Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries: Capacity and Consent

Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries: Capacity and Consent

Brautigam, Deborah
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge
Moore, Michael Peter

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Investing & FinanceGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0521888158
ISBN13: 9780521888158
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 10 2008
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.29 Depth: 8.91
Language: English
There is a widespread concern that, in some parts of the world, governments are unable to exercise effective authority. When governments fail, more sinister forces thrive: warlords, arms smugglers, narcotics enterprises, kidnap gangs, terrorist networks, armed militias. Why do governments fail? This book explores an old idea that has returned to prominence: that authority, effectiveness, accountability and responsiveness is closely related to the ways in which governments are financed. It matters that governments tax their citizens rather than live from oil revenues and foreign aid, and it matters how they tax them. Taxation stimulates demands for representation, and an effective revenue authority is the central pillar of state capacity. Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, this book presents and evaluates these arguments, updates theories derived from European history in the light of conditions in contemporary poorer countries, and draws conclusions for policy-makers.

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