Revenue Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper evaluates the nature and extent of, and possible responses to, two of the central challenges that globalization poses for revenue mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): from corporate tax competition, and from trade liberalization. It does so using a new dataset with features needed to meaningfully address these issues: a distinction between resourcerelated and other revenues, and a disentangling of tariff from commodity tax revenue. Countries' experiences vary quite widely, nonresource revenues have been essentially stagnant. Corporate tax revenues have held up, despite a reduct

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Mansour, Mario
Other Persons:	Keen, Michael (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington : International Monetary Fund
Subject:	Subsahara-Afrika \| Sub-Saharan Africa \| Steuereinnahmen \| Tax revenue

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (49 p)
Series:	IMF Working Papers IMF working paper ; 09/157
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Contents; I. Introduction; Boxes; 1. A New Revenue Dataset for Sub-Saharan Africa; II. Tax Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa; Figures; 1. Tax Revenue Trends in SSA, 1980-2005 (Simple Averages); 2. Tax Revenue Trends in SSA, 1980-2005 (Weighted Averages); 3. Tax Revenue Trends in SSA by Income Level, 1980-2005; 4. Composition of the Tax/GDP Ratio in SSA, 1980-2005; III. Corporate Taxation and Tax Competition; A. Principles of Corporate Taxation in Developing Countries; 2. Corporation Tax: Which Tax Rate Matters?; 3. The Dangers of Tax Holidays; B. Trends in CIT Rates and Revenues 5. CIT Rates and Nonresource CIT Revenues in SSA, 1980-2005C. Tax Incentives; Tables; 1. CIT Rates and Nonresource CIT Revenues in SSA, by Income Level and Resource Status; 2. The Changing Face of Tax Incentives in SSA; 6. Statutory CIT Rates and FDI in SSA, by Income Level and Resource Status; D. Policy Implications; 4. Scaling Back Tax Incentives-Some Examples; 5. Principles for Coordinating Corporate Taxation; IV. Trade Liberalization and Revenue Replacement; A. Principles for Revenue Replacement; B. Trends in Trade Taxation 7. Trade Tax Revenues and Collected Tariff Rates in SSA, 1980-20053. Increasing Vs. Decreasing Trade Tax Revenues in SSA; 4. Tariff Structure of Existing and Prospective Customs Unions in SSA; C. Replacing Tariffs by Domestic Indirect Taxes; 5. Trade Taxes and Collected Tariff Rates by Trading Bloc in SSA; 8. The Replacement Role of Indirect Taxes in Individual SSA Countries; V. Conclusions; Appendixes; I. Data Notes and Definitions; II. Countries by Income Level and Resource Status; III. Membership of Trade Groups; References
ISBN:	978-1-4518-7304-7 ; 978-1-4519-1732-1 ; 978-1-4518-7304-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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