Financing the developmental State: Tax and revenue issues

Development Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 615-632

  Sindzingre, Alice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL AID; TAX SYSTEM; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548093520     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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