Taxation and Economic Development

Introduction: Taxation and Economic Development: Answers and Questions from Recent Research; Part One: Tax Capacity and Tax Effort 1. The Taxable Capacity of a Country A. R. Prest 2. Assessing Tax Performance in Developing Countries: a Critical Review of the Literature R. M. Bird 3. Tax Effort in Developing Countries: What do Regression Measures Really Measure? B. R. Bolnick; Part Two: Tax Revenue and Economic Growth 4. Estimate of Revenue Elasticity and Buoyancy in Central America, 1955-1974 D. Sykes Wilford & W. T. Wilford 5. Exports, Taxes and Economic Growth: the Case of El Salvador L. R. Caceres 6. The Fiscal Crisis of the Latin American State E. V. K. Fitzgerald; Part Three: Equity Aspects of Taxation 7. Income Tax and Income Distribution N. C. Kakwani 8. Progressive Public Utility Rates as an Income Redistribution Device in Developing Countries: the Case of Municipal Water M. T. Katzman 9. Transfer of Resources from Agriculture to Non-agricultural activities: the Case of India M. Lipton 10. Equity versus Ease in Indian Land Tax Policy J. F. J. Toye; Part Four: Economic Effects of Taxation 11. Domestic Price Stabilisation of a Staple Export Crop: an Evaluation of the Rice Premium Tax in Thailand N. V. Lam 12. Fiscal Incentives for Firms in some Developing Countries: Survey and Critique S. M. S. Shah & J. F. J. Toye; Index