Taxation, responsiveness, and accountability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Subtitle: the dynamics of tax bargaining
By: Wilson Prichard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Taxation; Public administration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: taxation, responsiveness and accountability in developing countries; title: Linking taxation, responsiveness, and accountability --; title: The extent and limits of cross-country econometric evidence --; title: The importance of detailed country-level research --; title: The argument of the book --; title: Revenue, tax bargaining and the politics of development --; title: Research strategy and methodology --; title: Structure of the book --; title: Statistical appendix -- -- Linking taxation, responsiveness, and accountability: theoretical model and research strategy; title: The lessons of history: diverse pathways linking taxation and political change --; title: A model of tax bargaining --; title: Narrowing the focus and defining specific outcomes --; title: Contextual factors affecting tax bargaining --; title: Incorporating context and strategic interaction in the model --; title: Conclusions -- -- Taxation, responsiveness, and accountability in Ghana 1981-2008; title: The political economy of taxation in Ghana 1981-2008 --; title: Evidence of tax bargaining --; title: The role of contextual factors --; title: Conclusions --; title: Appendix -- -- Direct and indirect tax bargaining in Kenya 1963-2008; title: The political economy of taxation in Kenya --; title: Taxation, responsiveness and accountability in Kenya --; title: Explaining patterns of tax bargaining --; title: Conclusions --; title: Appendix -- -- The quiet politics of taxation in Ethiopia 1974-2008; title: The Derg and the end of the feudal state 1974-1991 --; title: Liberalization and decentralization under the EPRDF 1991-2008 --; title: The dynamics of regional government taxation --; title: Taxation, responsiveness and accountability in contemporary Ethiopia --; title: Explaining outcomes: political, economic and social barriers to tax bargaining --; title: Conclusions --; title: Appendix -- -- Understanding tax bargaining: complexity and contingency; title: Taxation, responsiveness and accountability: reviewing the evidence --; title: Causal processes and outcomes --; title: Contextual factors and tax bargaining --; title: Conclusions -- -- Looking forward: broader messages, policy lessons and directions for further research; title: A broader and more nuanced understanding of tax bargaining --; title: From broad claims to specific policy implications --; title: Limitations and future research.