Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Domestic Resource Mobilization as an Instrument of Sustained and Inclusive Development -- Taxation as a Plank of State Building -- Organization of the Report -- Notes -- References --...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Taxing the Digital Economy -- Lessons from the Origins of International Taxation -- G-20 Mandate on Taxing the Digital Economy -- Market...

Many developing countries have struggled with realizing sufficient revenues from property tax. However, as developing countries experience economic growth, they are also seeing property values rising, providing a bigger tax base from which to realize revenues. Technology has made tax...

Rapid urbanization in India means cities face a tremendous challenge to finance and deliver theincreasing demand for basic municipal services. When compared to peers in the Organisation forEconomic Co-operation and Development (OECD), India performs poorly in generating revenues fromthe urban...

Cash transactions for goods and services in which no receipts are issued greatly increase the risk of tax evasion. Despite the availability of banking services and alternative payment, key sectors of the economy remain largely cash-based in almost all developing countries. This paper shows the...