Title: Mobilising tax revenue to finance development : the case for property taxation in Francophone Africa

Authors: Monkam, Nara F.

Place: Pretoria

Publisher: University of Pretoria

Year: 2010

Journal: Working paper / University of Pretoria

Volume: 195

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, fiscal policy, property tax, local government, development assistance, capacity building, west africa, burkina faso, cameroon, central african republic, chad, congo, comoros, ivory coast, gabon, madagascar, mali, mauritania, rwanda, senegal

Abstract: The design and implementation of property tax systems in West Africa as a source of national or municipal revenue is analysed. Development partners could support tax reform through capacity building in the areas of fiscal decentralisation, governance, skills, ICT, collection, and enforcement.

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