domestic resource mobilization

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POLICY PAPERS
Medium-Term Revenue Strategies: Are They Realistic for Developing Countries?
Peter Mullins
July 31, 2020
Domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) is critical for developing countries to finance the spending necessary to enable sustainable development.
Blog Post
Measuring Domestic Resource Mobilization–Thoughts on a New Study by NORAD
Sanjeev Gupta
and
Mark Plant
July 24, 2020
While there is debate in the management literature about the primacy of measurement in effecting change, there is no doubt that it is a necessary component of bringing about lasting change.
POLICY PAPERS
Tax Revenue Reforms and Income Distribution in Developing Countries
Sanjeev Gupta
and
João Tovar Jalles
June 11, 2020
We explore the impact of major revenue mobilization episodes on income distribution dynamics using a new “narrative” database of major policy changes in tax and revenue administration systems, covering 45 emerging and low-income countries from 2000 to 2015.
Blog Post
Well-Designed Tax Reforms Can Improve Income Distribution in Developing Countries
Sanjeev Gupta
and
João Tovar Jalles
June 11, 2020
In a recently published paper we examine the experience of 45 developing countries (23 emerging and 22 low-income countries) over the 2000-2015 period and find that tax reforms have raised the income share of the poorest population groups within countries.
CGD NOTES
The COVID-19 Crisis and Fiscal Reform in Low-Income Countries
Sanjeev Gupta
and
Jianhong Liu
June 01, 2020
The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic output and public finances in 2020 and beyond is projected to be massive. Fiscal policy can have a crucial role in mitigating the pandemic’s overall economic impact and promoting a quick recovery. It can help save lives and shield the most-affec...
Blog Post
The COVID-19 Crisis and Budgetary Space for Health in Developing Countries
Sanjeev Gupta
and
Hélène Barroy
April 17, 2020
Virtually all countries in the world have responded to the COVID-19 crisis by implementing fiscal and monetary measures, significantly larger in relation to national output than those employed during the 2008 financial crisis. The magnitude of fiscal measures to counter the shock varies across devel...
WORKING PAPERS
Can Tax Buoyancy in Sub-Saharan Africa Help Finance the Sustainable Development Goals?
Sanjeev Gupta
and
Jianhong Liu
April 15, 2020
In this paper, we estimate short- and long-term tax buoyancy for 44 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries during 1980-2017 using time series and panel techniques.