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What are the drivers of tax capacity in subSaharan Africa?
Tagem, Abrams Mbu Enow; Morrissey, Oliver - 2021
There is limited research on the underlying institutional framework of tax policy and capacity: how tax collection efficiency changes over time and the importance of institutional factors in this process. This paper fills this gap by devising a measure of tax capacity distinct from commonly used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650748
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Financial liberalization and its implications for private savings in sub-Saharan Africa
Asiedu, Elizabeth; Asiseh, Fafanyo; Mannah-Blankson, Theresa - 2022
savings in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a focus on the effect of financial liberalization on private savings. It also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013279902
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A fiscal approach to the social contract in subSaharan African countries : looking for opportunities to strengthen trust in government and tax compliance by analysing citizens' perception of governance
Nichelatti, Enrico; Hiilamo, Heikki - 2022
governance and individual tax compliance in sub-Saharan Africa. We employ a logistic regression model and use Round 7 of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013461922
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Competing cleavages in sub-Saharan Africa? : how economic distance affects ethnic bloc politics
Conroy-Krutz, Jeffrey - 2016
Does economic standing cross-cut ethnicity in African electoral politics? In many countries in the region, ethnicity appears to be a major consideration in individuals' political decision-making. However, there is significant variation in the extent to which coethnics support parties en bloc;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540206
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The tax elasticity of formal work in African countries
McKay, Andrew D.; Pirttilä, Jukka; Schimanski, Caroline - 2019
A key policy problem in most developing countries is the size of the informal sector and its persistence over time. In need to increase their tax revenues, policy makers face a trade-off between decreasing tax rates (making formalizing potentially more attractive) and alternatively raising tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109882
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Foreign aid and mobilization of growth factors in sub-Saharan Africa
Mallaye, Douzounet; Urbain, Yogo Thierry - 2013
effects of foreign aid on capital investment (human capital, physical capital) in sub-Saharan Africa. Our methodological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191184
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It worked in China, so why not in Africa? : the political economy challenge of special economic zones
Farole, Thomas; Moberg, Lotta - 2014
African countries have sought to replicate the success of East Asia by implementing special economic zones. Despite decades of international experience, there remains no blueprint for successful special economic zone policies, and the majority of special economic zones fall well below...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434534
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Do civil wars shape citizens' attitudes towards taxation? : micro-level evidence from Africa
Belmonte, Alessandro; Bove, Vincenzo; Di Salvatore, Jessica - 2025
this question in the context of Africa, a region where civil wars have frequently undermined state capacity. We move from … mobilize revenues (i.e. tax compliance and tax morale) in Sub-Saharan Africa. We combine subnational data on civil wars in … Africa with Afrobarometer surveys to assess whether civil wars make citizens (1) more compliant with taxation and (2) more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015463554
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Industrial clusters : the case for Special Economic Zones in Africa
Newman, Carol; Page, John M. - African Development Bank - 2017
Economic Zones (SEZs) in Africa. We document at the country level the state of current SEZ programmes and the policy measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591990
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Should Africa industrialize?
Page, John M. - 2011
Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and … sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized. The paper shows that between 1975 … and 2005 the size, diversity and sophistication of industry in Africa have all declined. An industrialization strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269834