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Approaches and Impacts – IFIs Tax Policy in Developing Countries
June 22nd, 2011
Co-Authored by Maria José Romero and Rachel Sharpe
A new report by Eurodad and Action Aid
Tax policy has been at the heart of policy advice from the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to developing countries for the last twenty years. Tax reforms became an increasingly important part of the structural adjustment programmes promoted by the World Bank and the IMF in developing countries from the late 1980’s. This paper reviews existing literature on the IFIs approach to tax policy reform during the last decade. NGO and academic research suggest that the IFIs have used technical assistance and policy advice to encourage developing...
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