Taxation and gender equity: a comparative analysis of direct and indirect taxes in developing and developed countries
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TextPublication details: Canada International Development Research Centre 2010Description: xxii,318pISBN: - 978-0-415-56822-7
- HJ2351.7 .T385 2010
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States that around the world, there are concerns that many tax codes are biased against women, and that contemporary tax reforms tend to increase the incidence of taxation on the poorest women while failing to generate enough revenue to fund the programs needed to improve these women?s lives. Examines the key source of revenue governments themselves raise, understanding the nature and composition of taxation and current tax reform efforts is key to reducing poverty, providing sufficient revenue for public expenditure, and achieving social justice. Presents original research on the gender dimensions of personal income taxes, value-added excise and fuel taxes in Argentina, Ghana, India, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Uganda, and the United Kingdom.
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