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Case studies in tax revenue mobilization in low-income countries

Akitoby, Bernardin; Honda, Jiro; Miyamoto, Hiroaki; … - 2019

How can Low-Income Countries (LICs) enhance tax revenue collection to finance their vast development needs? We address this question by analyzing seven tax reform experiences in LICs (Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Maldives, Mauritania, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda). Three lessons stand out, although...

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Raising tax revenue : how to get more from tax administrations?

Chang, Eui Soon; Gavin, Elizabeth; Georgiev, Nikolaj; … - 2020

Can we empirically show the benefits of improving the practices and characteristics of tax administration agencies for revenue collection? While many country experiences suggest a strong link, there is little systematic empirical evidence on the matter. This paper analyzes the association...

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Exploring the output effect of fiscal policy shocks in low income countries

Honda, Jiro; Miyamoto, Hiroaki; Taniguchi, Mina - 2020

What do we know about the output effects of fiscal policy in low income countries (LICs)? There are very few empirical studies on the subject. This paper fills this gap by estimating the output effects of government spending shocks in LICs. Our analysis-based on the local projection method-finds...

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Countercyclical fiscal policy and gender employment gap : evidence from the G-7 countries

Akitoby, Bernardin; Honda, Jiro; Miyamoto, Hiroaki - 2019

Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We give an answer to … this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 … would, on average, lift female employment by 1 percent, while increasing male employment by 0.6 percent. Consequently such a …

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