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Obstacles to Increasing Tax Revenues in Low Income Countries

Published on 1 December 2013

This ICTD Research in Brief is a two-page summary of ICTD Working Paper 15, by Mick Moore. This series is aimed at policy makers, tax administrators, fellow researchers and anyone else who is big on interest and short on time.

This joint ICTD/UNRISD/SDC paper asks why governments of low-income countries do not raise more tax revenue, and explores options for increasing it.

Authors

Mick Moore

Professorial Fellow

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Moore, M.
journal
ICTD Research In Brief, issue 9

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