Is small beautiful? Village level taxation of natural resources in Tanzania

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-318

  Lund, Jens Friis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Natural resources; Public Finance; Tanzania; Taxation

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; EXPENDITURE; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCOME; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; REFORM PROCESS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TAX SYSTEM; VILLAGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 35848953385     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.467     Document Type: Article

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