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dc.contributor.authorFjeldstad, Odd-Helge
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T08:19:07Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T08:19:07Z
dc.date.issued2006-01-01
dc.identifieroai:www.cmi.no:2090
dc.identifier.citationin Susan Rose-Ackerman, ed.: International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar pp. 484-511
dc.identifier.isbn139781845422424
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2474956
dc.description.abstractOver the past two decades many developing countries have implemented comprehensive reforms of their tax administrations in order to increase revenue and curb corruption. This chapter examines recent experiences in the fight against corruption in the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). It argues that the technocratic remedies supported by donors have underplayed the degree to which progress in tax administration depends upon a thorough "cultural change" in the public service. The motives of individual actors are often inextricably tied to the interests of the social groups to which they belong. In the URA, patronage runs through networks grounded on ties of kinship and community origin. As such, people recognize the benefits of large extended families and strong kinship ties, even as their social and economic aspirations may be indisputably modern. This implies that such social relations may undermine formal bureaucratic structures and positions. If these problems, which are rooted in social norms and patterns of behavior rather than in administrative features, are overlooked, the result may be to distort incentives. As a consequence, the government's commitment to reforming the tax administration may also be undermined.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEdward Elgar
dc.relationInternational Handbook on the Economics of Corruption
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Handbook on the Economics of Corruption
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Handbook on the Economics of Corruption
dc.relation.urihttps://www.cmi.no/publications/2090-corruption-in-tax-administration
dc.subjectCorruption
dc.subjectIncentives
dc.subjectSocial Norms
dc.subjectTax Administration
dc.subjectTax Evasion
dc.subjectUganda
dc.subjectEast Africa
dc.titleCorruption in Tax Administration: Lessons from Institutional Reforms in Uganda
dc.typeChapter


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