Mosley, P. (2015) Fiscal Composition and Aid Effectiveness: A Political Economy Model. World Development, 69. pp. 106-115. ISSN 0305-750X
Abstract
In the long run tax effort, we argue, determines the effectiveness of aid, and this relationship operates simultaneously with the negative link in the opposite direction observed by Bräutigam and Knack (2004) and others. Tax effort and the ability of the state to diversify its taxation structure, we find, are significantly linked to growth and poverty indicators. The key message for policy is that a broadening of the tax structure in low-income countries is crucial in order to enable those countries to escape from the “weak-state–low-tax trap,” and to make aid effective
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 UNU-Wider. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | overseas aid; aid effectiveness; political economy; fiscal policy; tax policy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2016 10:09 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2016 10:09 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.12.020 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.12.020 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94779 |