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Decentralizing Revenue in Latin America
This book analyzes the reasons for lackluster performance selected Latin American countries in mobilizing subnational own-source revenues and explores policy options to increase these revenues as efficiently and equitably as possible. Seven case studies--Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela--span a wide range of characteristics, including federal and unitary countries, different geographical sizes, levels of economic development, and degrees of revenue decentralization. In this book, subnational governments include both intermediate and local levels of government, which are distinguished in the case studies. Together, the case studies provide a reasonably representative picture of the challenges faced throughout Latin America in mobilizing subnational own-source revenues in a manner that supports equitable growth.
Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic
Promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a priority policy goal in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic for the past twenty years. Fiscal benefits are among the policies that have been used to attract it. At first sight the model followed has been fruitful. In 2013 the eight countries of the region succeeded in attracting US$ 12.7 billion, the highest level of FDI in their history. But there are question marks about how FDI will perform in future and what the incentives to promote it should be now that World Trade Organization rules on the instruments used to promote FDI in the region have changed. The present book analyzes this situation in depth. Firstly, it reviews ...
Handbook of Multilevel Finance
This Handbook explores and explains new developments in the _second generation‘ theory of public finance, in which benevolent rulers and governments have been replaced by personally motivated politicians and the associated institutions. Following a com
Digitalization to Improve Tax Compliance: Evidence from VAT e-Invoicing in Peru
This paper examines the impact of e-invoicing on firm tax compliance and performance using administrative tax data and quasi-experimental variation in the rollout of VAT electronic invoicing in Peru. We find that e-invoicing increases reported firm sales, purchases and value-added by over 5 percent in the first year after adoption. The impact is concentrated among smaller firms and sectors with higher rates of non-compliance, suggesting that e-invoicing enhances compliance by lowering compliance costs and strengthening deterrence. The reform’s positive effects on tax collection are hindered by shortcomings in the VAT refund mechanism in Peru, suggesting that digital tools such as e-invoicing should be complemented by other reforms to improve revenue mobilization.
Measuring Regional Authority
This is the first of five ambitious volumes theorizing the structure of governance above and below the central state. This book is written for those interested in the character, causes, and consequences of governance within the state and for social scientists who take measurement seriously. The book sets out a measure of regional authority for 81 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific from 1950 to 2010. Subnational authority is exercised by individual regions, and this measure is the first that takes individual regions as the unit of analysis. On the premise that transparency is a fundamental virtue in measurement, the authors chart a new path in laying out ...
Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance in Developing Countries
This book draws on experiences in developing countries to bridge the gap between the conventional textbook treatment of fiscal decentralization and the actual practice of subnational government finance. The extensive literature about the theory and practice is surveyed and longstanding problems and new questions are addressed. It focuses on the key choices that must be made in decentralizing, on how economic and political factors shape the choices that countries make, and on how, by paying more attention to the need for a more comprehensive approach and the critical connections between different components of decentralization reform, everyone involved might get more for their money.
Descentralizando los ingresos fiscales en América Latina
Este libro analiza las razones de desempeño mediocre de países seleccionados de América Latina en la movilización de ingresos propios subnacionales y explora las opciones de política para aumentar estos ingresos como de la manera más eficiente y equitativa posible. Siete estudios de caso -Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, México, Perú y Venezuela- abarcan una amplia gama de características, incluyendo los países federales y unitarios, diferentes tamaños geográficos, niveles de desarrollo económico, y grados de descentralización de los ingresos. En este libro, los gobiernos subnacionales incluyen tanto los niveles intermedios y locales de gobierno, que se distinguen en los estudios de caso. En conjunto, los estudios de casos proporcionan una imagen razonablemente representativa de los desafíos que enfrentan en toda América Latina en la movilización de ingresos propios subnacionales de una manera que apoye el crecimiento equitativo.
Electronic Invoicing in Latin America
The electronic invoicing (EI) of taxes is one of Latin America’s contributions to international taxation in support of the fight against evasion, global efforts towards tax transparency, and the digitization of tax administrations (TAs). Initially, EI was conceived as an instrument of documentary control over the invoicing process, so as to avert both the omission of sales and the inclusion of false purchases. The original idea was extended to other areas of tax control, such as payroll, goods in transit, and new services such as factoring. To some extent, EI can be regarded as the start of the process of digitizing the TAs in the broad sense. This publication addresses the pioneering experience of EI in Latin America, from its implementation to its extensions and impact on tax collection.
IDEA
"No tenemos mucho registro de lo que significa la aceptación de la diversidad ni del impacto que generamos en el otro cuando nos alegramos por su felicidad, por su plenitud. Abrir nuestro corazón y entenderlo, nos acerca, nos une y nos hace más humanos". IDEA. Inclusión, diversidad, equidad y accesibilidad es el resultado de dos viajes. El primero, interior, implicó recorrer el camino de la diversidad en la vida personal. El segundo, tuvo y tiene como meta ofrecer esa experiencia. IDEA. Inclusión, diversidad, equidad y accesibilidad es una invitación a descubrir, comprender, aceptar y abrazar lo diverso. A cuestionar cómo lomiramos en los diferentes aspectos de nuestra vida cotidiana, ya se trate del género o la sexualidad, de la fe, la etnia o la ideología, del ámbito educativo o el laboral, e incluso de la discapacidad. A reconocer y desafiar nuestros sesgos. A preguntarnos cuál es la parte que nos toca en la construcción de un nuevo paradigma de inclusión.
¿Socios o acreedores? Atracción de inversión extranjera y desarrollo productivo en Mesoamérica y República Dominicana
La promoción de la inversión extranjera directa (IED) ha sido un objetivo de política prioritario en los últimos veinte años por lo que se han implementado, entre otras medidas, beneficios fiscales para atraer IED a Centroamérica, Panamá y República Dominicana. A primera vista el modelo seguido ha rendido frutos, pues en 2013 los ocho países de la región lograron atraer US$ 12.741 millones, el registro más alto de IED de su historia. No obstante, se ha planteado la interrogante de cómo se desempeñará la IED en el futuro y existe, además, una controversia respecto de si los beneficios que induce justifican los costos de los incentivos otorgados. El presente libro analiza a fond...
