An effective tax system is fundamental for successful country development. The first step to understand public revenue systems is to establish some commonly agreed performance measurements and benchmarks. This paper employs a cross-country study to estimate tax capacity from a sample of 104...

This paper discusses mechanisms of grand corruption in private sector utility provision in developing countries. By the term quot;grand corruption,quot; the authors abstract from the petty corruption that consumers experience - for example, when firms and individuals pay bribes to get water...