Research Summary 23, How Does Taxation Affect the Quality of Governance? IDS Working Paper No. 280

Abstract

Taxation is normally treated as purely a financial issue. It is now increasingly recognised that it is also a governance issue. This paper summarises the policy implications of a growing debate about the connections between the sources of government revenues and the quality of governance.

This is a two-page summary of a paper which can be accessed in full on this page.

Citation

Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies, 2 pp.

Research Summary 23, How Does Taxation Affect the Quality of Governance? IDS Working Paper No. 280

Published 1 January 2007