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Local Government Revenue Mobilisation in Anglophone Africa

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Many local governments in Africa have inadequate resources to deliver the services for which they are responsible. This paper examines opportunities and constraints to improving local revenue mobilisation by urban councils in anglophone Africa, including political and administrative constraints and factors affecting citizens’ compliance. It makes a number of recommendations for future policy research.

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Date

13 September 2015

Publisher

ICTD

Research theme

Subnational and Property Tax

Keywords

Africa business licenses decentralisation local government taxes user fees

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Authors

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad

Senior Fellow

Kari K. Heggstad

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