This event looked at the challenges that governments in developing countries face when trying to raise taxes.
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Governments in many developing countries urgently need to raise funds to invest in education, health and infrastructure. However, they tend to raise far less as a fraction of their GDP in tax revenue than high income countries. Why is this, and what can be done about it?
In this online talk and Q&A, we discussed why and how taxes need to be designed differently in developing countries faced with high levels of evasion and low state capacity.
This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science
Authors
Research Economist
Vedanth is in the TaxDev sector. His research is on taxes in developing countries, with a particular focus on VAT.
Presentation details
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Nair, V. (2022). 'Why and how should developing countries raise more taxes?' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/why-and-how-should-developing-countries-raise-more-taxes (accessed: 3 May 2024).
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