Taxation and gender equity : a comparative analysis of direct and indirect taxes in developing and developed countries

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Title:

Author:

Grown, Caren.

ISBN:

9780415492621

9780415568227

9780203852958

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2010.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series:

Routledge international studies in money and banking ; 58

Routledge international studies in money and banking ; 58.

Contents:

1. Taxation and Gender Equality: A Conceptual Framework -- 2. Methodology and Comparative Analysis -- 3. Gender Equality and Taxation in Argentina -- 4. Gender and Taxation in India: An Unequal Burden? -- 5. Gender Analysis of Taxation in Mexico -- 6. An Investigation into the Gender Dimensions of Taxation in Ghana -- 7. Gender Equality and Taxation in Morocco -- 8. Gender Equality and Taxation in South Africa -- 9. Gender Equality and Taxation in Uganda -- 10. Gender Equality and Taxation: A UK Case Study -- 11. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations.

Abstract:

"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. Because taxes are 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. This is the first book to systematically examine gender and taxation within and across countries at different levels of development. It presents original research on the gender dimensions of personal income taxes, and value-added, excise, and fuel taxes in Argentina, Ghana, India, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Uganda and the United Kingdom."--Publisher's website.

Subject Term:

Taxation -- Developing countries.

Taxation -- Developed countries.

Fiscal policy -- Developing countries.

Fiscal policy -- Developed countries.

Women -- Government policy -- Developing countries.

Women -- Government policy -- Developed countries.

Added Author:

Grown, Caren.

Valodia, Imraan.

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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. Because taxes are 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.

This is the first book to systematically examine gender and taxation within and across countries at different levels of development. It presents original research on the gender dimensions of personal income taxes, and value-added, excise, and fuel taxes in Argentina, Ghana, India, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Uganda and the United Kingdom. This book will be of interest to postgraduates and researchers studying Public Finance, International Economics, Development Studies, Gender Studies, and International Relations, among other disciplines.