Private tax collection - Remnant of the past or a way forward? Evidence from rural Uganda

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-328

  Iversen, Vegard ^a   Fjeldstad, Odd Helge ^c   Bahiigwa, Godfrey ^b   Ellis, Frank ^a   James, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corruption; Decentralisation; Private tax collection; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FISCAL POLICY; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; TAX SYSTEM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 33750206093     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.412     Document Type: Article

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