This insightful book focuses on the role of fiscal policy in common markets, especially in the context of the supranational constructs in the Gulf Cooperation Council, comprising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. It draws on the experience …
This book brings together the articles presenting the background to fiscal reforms in the Middle East and addressing the critical challenges facing the Gulf States including the choice between consumption and saving; intra-generational equity issues; the pro-cyclicality of fisca…
This book presents a new approach to recurrent property taxation based on occupancy, size, and location, that will strengthen local governments. Reflecting on the concept of "beneficial property taxation" first proposed by Alfred Marshall, the political economy constraints faced…
This book presents a new approach to recurrent property taxation based on occupancy, size, and location, that will strengthen local governments. Reflecting on the concept of "beneficial property taxation" first proposed by Alfred Marshall, the political economy constraints faced…
The reform of fiscal relations between different levels of geovernment is crucial to the success of China's current structural transformation to a socialist market economy. The reform will profoundly affect macroeconomic stability, growth prospects, and the effectiveness of prov…
The notion of social security is very different in under-developed countries and is best understood as poverty alleviation. This study attempts to define social security in the Third World and to examine what programmes are most suitable for these countries.