Local government taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa - Chr. Michelsen ...

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Mar 2, 2014 - WP 2014: 2. ICTD ..... constitute the biggest share of total receipts to the local councils in Anglophone West-Africa (Jibao. 2009). For instance, in ...
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Local government taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa A review and an agenda for research Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Gérard Chambas and Jean-Francois Brun

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Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) is an independent, non-profit research institution and a major international centre in policy-oriented and applied development research. Focus is on development and human rights issues and on international conditions that affect such issues. The geographical focus is Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern and Central Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. CMI combines applied and theoretical research. CMI research intends to assist policy formulation, improve the basis for decision-making and promote public debate on international development issues.

Local government taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa A review and an agenda for research

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway

Gérard Chambas Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International, France

Jean-Francois Brun Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International, France

WP 2014: 2 March 2014

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