Fiscal Reforms in the Middle East

Edited by Ehtisham Ahmad and Abdulrazak Al Faris

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Abstract: Although oil windfalls have opened a window of opportunity for the Gulf States, at the same time they have created numerous problems. In particular, the uncertainty associated with periods of boom and bust in the oil market has made the formulation and implementation of sound fiscal policies a formidable task. 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 of the EU and the importance of VAT, and reflects on the other main common market in Central America.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: 9781848449916
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Design of a VAT for the GCC Common Market

Ehtisham Ahmad

Ch 2 The Value Added Tax in the Context of the Proposed GCC Common Market

Vito Tanzi

Ch 3 Central and Subnational VATs in Federal Countries

Richard Bird

Ch 4 The Design of a VAT for Multi-Government Jurisdictions: Lessons from Canada

Robin Boadway

Ch 5 The European VAT and the Common Market Framework: Lessons for the GCC

Christophe Waerzeggers

Ch 6 The VAT in Common Markets: Lessons from Central America

Carlos Silvani

Ch 7 VAT, Revenue Sharing, and Intergovernmental Transfer Design: The Australian Experience

Bob Searle

Ch 8 Setting a VAT Registration Threshold: GCC Considerations and Evidence from Dubai

Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio

Ch 9 A VAT in the UAE: Distributional Consequences and Social Sectors

Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio

Ch 10 Treatment of Financial Services under a UAE VAT

Satya Poddar and Jayanta Kalita

Ch 11 Institutions, Political Economy, and Timing of a VAT: Options for Dubai and the UAE

Ehtisham Ahmad

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