Taxing Africa
Subtitle: Coercion, Reform and Development
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: Sep 15, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781783604548
Description: Taxation has been seen as the domain of charisma-free accountants, lawyers and number crunchers - an unlikely place to encounter big societal questions about democracy, equity or good governance. Yet it is exactly these issues that pervade conversations about taxation among policymakers, tax collectors, civil society activists, journalists and foreign aid donors in Africa today. Tax has become viewed as central to African development. Written by leading international experts, Taxing Africa offers a cutting-edge analysis on all aspects of the continent's tax regime, displaying the crucial role such arrangements have on attempts to create social justice and push economic advancement. From tax evasion by multinational corporations and African elites to how ordinary people navigate complex webs of `informal' local taxation, the book examines the potential for reform, and how space might be created for enabling locally-led strategies.
Notes: Source title: Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development (African Arguments)