'The capacity of a state to collect taxes, especially such direct
taxes as income, property and corporate taxes, can reveal its degree
of authority and legitimacy vis-à-vis the richer groups of society.
If a state dramatically lowers the top rates on direct taxes while
relying heavily on consumption taxes to collect revenue, its overall
tax structure is likely to be both ineffective and inequitable.' Di John, J (2008) Centre for Development Policy and Research, School of Oriental and Afric more...
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'The interest of the international development community in ‘Pro-Poor Growth’ appears to have waned.1 This Development
Viewpoint examines the pros and cons of adopting its most popular replacement, ‘inclusive growth’.
A ‘pro-poor’ approach did have the advantage of focus: concentrating on the most deprived. Judging progress involved attaching greater weight to the advance of the poor (e.g., “the
incomes of the poor grew faster than those of the non-poor”).
But what about the more...
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UNICEF’s yearly flagship report, The State of the World’s Children, launched 22 January 2008, makes a call to unite for child survival. Here is one in a series of related stories. LALITPUR, India, 19 February 2008 – Her name, ‘Abhilasha’, means ‘wish’ in Hindi. Not so long ago, she showed all the characteristic symptoms of severe undernutrition. Weighing just 4.5 kilograms, two-year-old Abhilasha had sunken eyes, a swollen belly and shriveled skin. The toddler might have died in a more...
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From Poverty to Power is a major new book from Oxfam International thatargues that ending the scourges of extreme poverty, inequality, and threatened environmental collapse is the greatest global challenge of the twenty-first century. The best way to tackle them is through a combination of active citizens and effective nation states.
Why active citizenship? Because people living in poverty must have a voice in deciding their own destiny, fighting for rights and justice in their own society, more...
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Opening new opportunities for women is a key to development, as well to strengthen efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. In Nigeria, where cultural attitudes and traditional beliefs often circumscribe women’s roles and hinder access to training and education, a women’s project is changing lives. The initiative supported by the Japan Women-in-Development Fund, established in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is helping women farmer more...
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Based on the premise that the quality of children’s lives will be improved if their parent(s) remain healthy, productive and able to offer a stable home life, the program supports children made vulnerable by HIV by providing holistic services to families, not just the children themselves. Balasahyoga, which means “active support to the child,” represents one of the first comprehensive efforts to help families affected by HIV/AIDS in India. Moreover, it is addressing the epidemic’s impact more...
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On July 9, the G8 Summit, an annual meeting attended by eight world leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, concluded in Hokkaido Toyako. The meeting addressed key global issues including: global health, climate change, global food security, good governance and reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The G8 renewed their commitment to support development goals including: global health issues. They agreed to establish a repor more...
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