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dc.contributor.authorFjeldstad, Odd-Helge
dc.contributor.authorHeggstad, Kari
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T08:18:38Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T08:18:38Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-03
dc.identifieroai:www.cmi.no:4570
dc.identifier.citationBergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2012:6) 38 p.
dc.identifier.isbn978-82-8062-442-0
dc.identifier.issn0804-3639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2474895
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines opportunities and constraints facing local revenue mobilization in Anglophone Africa with an emphasis on urban settings. Specific revenue instruments and their effects on economic efficiency, income distribution and accountability are discussed. In particular, political and administrative constraints facing various revenue instruments and factors affecting citizens’ compliance behaviour are addressed. The analysis is exemplified by cases from across Anglophone Africa. A general conclusion emerging from the study is that local revenues mobilised in most local government authorities in Africa are necessary but not sufficient to develop and supply adequate services for the fast-growing population. On this basis areas for further research on local government revenue mobilisation in Africa are identified.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relationCMI Working Paper
dc.relationWP 2012:6
dc.relation.ispartofCMI Working Paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCMI Working Paper WP 2012:6
dc.relation.urihttps://www.cmi.no/publications/4570-local-government-revenue-mobilisation-in
dc.subjectLocal Government
dc.subjectDecentralization
dc.subjectTaxes
dc.subjectBusiness Licenses
dc.subjectUser Fees
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectBotswana
dc.subjectGhana
dc.subjectKenya
dc.subjectLiberia
dc.subjectMalawi
dc.subjectNamibia
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.subjectSierra Leone
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectUganda
dc.subjectZambia
dc.subjectZimbabwe
dc.titleLocal government revenue mobilisation in Anglophone Africa
dc.typeWorking paper


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