To finance basic pro-poor services, the Government of Ghana must mobilize more public revenue. But tax reform has been … attempt to introduce VAT in 1998 succeeded, strong resistance to tax reform remains, and the total tax base remains narrow and …. This is especially the case in the poorer regions, which in addition have borne the brunt of the rising petroleum tax. The …

tax systems has taken place over the past three decades. The paper gives especial emphasis to the role of natural … endowments, political economy, social structure and history, and the interplay between politics and tax revenues. These are … placed fiscal policy, and tax policy and revenue mobilization in particular, at the centre of national and international …