Autonomous tax administration in sub-saharan africa: The case of the uganda revenue authority

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-88

  Therkildsen, Ole ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Political economy; Revenue; Tax administration

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; AUTONOMY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM;

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

EID: 4644310852     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2004.9666264     Document Type: Article

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