Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa
Several African countries are among the fastest growing economies in the world. However, capital flows to tax havens are one factor limiting the benefits of economic growth for ordinary Africans. It is estimated that African countries, relative to the size of their economies, lose more in corporate tax evasion than countries anywhere else in the world. Until […]
Governing Petroleum Resources: Prospects and Challenges for Tanzania
Over the last decade, large deposits of natural gas have been discovered off the southern coast of Tanzania. This book analyzes the long-term process of how a country develops the institutions that govern resources, the choices it makes in doing so, and the incentive structures governing these choices. In doing so, the book provides a […]
Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development
It has long been debated whether Africa’s lack of growth is best explained by the continent’s exploitation by the global system, or by internal failures of domestic political leadership, and taxation is no different. Some point to a global economic system that undermines Africa’s tax collection through tax havens and evasion by multinational firms and […]
