Raising Domestic Revenue for the MDGs: Why Wait until 2015?
Author:
Terry McKinley
Thematic Area:
Inclusive Growth
Abstract:Financing MDG-based national strategies has focused, so far, on scaling up ODA. Mobilising domestic revenue, by contrast, has been neglected, despite being a better long-term option. There are various reasons: pessimism about raising revenue, a prevalent ‘small-state’ ideology and a preference for ODA-led solutions. (...)
Keywords:Economic policies, MDG, financing, poverty
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Type/Issue:One Pager/39
ISSN:2318-9118
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