1st Edition

Taxation in a Low-Income Economy The case of Mozambique

Edited By Channing Arndt, Finn Tarp Copyright 2009
408 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

408 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

384 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume contains a stimulating collection of analytical studies focusing on taxation in Mozambique. It tells a compelling story about tax systems in a low income economy increasingly integrated into the world trading system, but very much dependent on foreign trade taxes and international development assistance. Key issues covered include:   A better understanding of the... Read more
Introduction  1. Taxation in retrospect  2. Household Survey Evidence  3. Enterprise Survey Evidence  4. Comparative Perspective  5. Institutional Design  6. VAT and External Aid  7. Macroeconomic Modelling: Process and Practice  8. Forecast Quality  9. Transmission of Prices From the Border to Domestic Markets  10. Empirics of Evasion  11. Mozambique and Regional Integration  12. Trade Policy Reform and Missing Revenue  13. Taxation and the Cost of Capital  14. Fiscal Treatment of Mega-Projects  15. Prospects for an Electricity Tax  16. VAT and Economy-Wide Modelling

Biography

Channing Arndt is Principal Economist for The Ministry of Planning and Development in Mozambique and Finn Tarp is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark