• Is Bonded Labor Voluntary? A Framework against Forced Work 

      Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)
      UN estimate that 20 million are held in bonded labor. Several economic analyses assert that bonded laborers accept these contracts voluntarily, which could imply that a ban would make such laborers worse off. We question ...
    • Mass Taxation and State-Society Relations in East Africa 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Therkildsen, Ole (Taxation and State Building in Developing Countries Chapter 5, Chapter, 2008-01-01)
      Poll (‘head'''') tax has been the most common form of direct mass taxation in many sub-Saharan African countries since colonial times. Until very recently it was a dominant source of revenue for local governments. It has ...