Since the early 1990s, introduction<np pagenum="084"/> of the VAT has had a positive impact on resources mobilization in developing countries. It has also been a vehicle to implement major tax administration reforms. While VAT performance is still below the potential in many countries, enhancing tax administration...

The paper provides an overview of revenue administration reforms implemented in Middle Eastern and North African countries over the past decade with IMF assistance. Although reforming tax and customs administration is neither quick nor simple, several countries in the region have embarked on...

In this paper, the authors address three recent organizational crises that have occurred in China; the SK-II cosmetic incident, the Sharon Stone comment on the May 2008 earthquake in China, and the melamine milk contamination crisis. Each held significant notoriety due to the crises involving...