Dobbelt-seminar om beskatning og Tanzanias udviklingsvej

The politics of development – A double seminar on taxation and Tanzania’s development

From16.00 to 17.30 Reception celebrating Ole Therkildsen’s work

Ole Therkilden er bl.a. en meget værdsat blogger på Globalnyt.

Se hans blog her.

The seminar will be conducted in English and live streamed on www.diis.dk

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form on

https://conferencemanager.events/ThePoliticsOfDevelopment/sign-up.html

And do so no later than Wednesday 10 June at 12.00 noon.

Beskatningens voksende betydning i u-landene

The concern with taxation has experienced a renaissance in recent years.

With the increasing number of middle-income countries and the mounting challenges of global crises of all sorts, the inadequacy of development assistance has become a matter of fact, and attention has turned towards the mobilization of domestic revenues.

A further argument for the strengthening of taxation is its supposedly positive impact on state effectiveness and accountability. People who pay tax demand effective services.

• However, how do we go about researching the dynamics of taxation and governance?
• What are the approaches we use and how do we uncover the often informal politics around tax and bargaining over resources?
• How do we, for example, understand the dynamics of tax exemptions (skattefritagelse – ikke skatteunddragelse)?
• How do we increase knowledge about how taxation reforms should be organized to benefit society?

Er et-partistaten fremtidens udviklingsmodel?

Development paths are diverse and often tumultuous.

While spared neighboring countries’ experience with civil war, TANZANIA has gone from a socialist experiment to one-party capitalism somewhat mirroring the development of China and Vietnam.

Moreover, Tanzania is sometimes highlighted as the prime example of how foreign aid does not work and sometimes as a stable country with significant economic growth the last twenty years.

• How should one interpret the country’s 55 years of independent development?
• Was socialism just a mistake?
• Or is the dominance of a single party the development model of tomorrow?

Speakers

• Mick Moore, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
• Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Senior Researcher, CMI
• Ole Therkildsen, Emeritus Researcher, DIIS
• Göran Hydén, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Florida
• Brian van Arkadie, Senior Advisor, ESRF
• Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen, Postdoc, DIIS
• Anne Mette Kjær, Associate Professor, Aarhus University
• Nanna Hvidt, Director, DIIS

Programme

Læs videre på http://www.diis.dk/event/the-politics-of-development

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