Fiscal Reform and Structural Change in Developing Countries: Volume 1 and 2

Fiscal Reform and Structural Change in Developing Countries analyzes the experience of countries involved in major tax reforms in the 1980s and first half of the 1990s by a combination of qualitative and quantitative country studies and over-arching thematic studies. The emphasis is on the role of fiscal reform in stabilization and structural change, as well as the effects that policy for stabilization and, especially, structural change can have on the fiscal deficit under different types of tax systems. The authors then analyze the reasons for the convergence of tax systems around the developing world.

RICHARD M. BIRD Professor of Economics, University of Toronto, Canada ROBIN BROADWAY Sir Edward Professor of Economics, Queen's University, Ontario Canada OMAR O. CHISARI Director of the Instituto de Economia Universidad de la Empresa, Lima, Argentina NGEE-CHOON CHIA Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore CATHERINE ENOH Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Planning and Industrial Development, Côte d'Ivoire EPHREM ENOH Economic and Financial Adviser to the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire KOFFI EDME Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Planning and Industrial Development, Côte d'Ivoire SANDRA ROBERTS formerly a Consultant at the World Bank GUILLERMO ROZENWURCEL Professor, School of Economics, University of Buenos Aires ANWAR SHAH Principal Evaluation Officer, World Bank HORACIO SOBARZO Director of the Centre for Economic Studies, El Colegio de Mexico CARLOS M. URZUA Professor, El Colegio de Mexico