Options for Revenue Generation in Post-Conflict Environments (revision)

Michael Carnahan

Working Papers from Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Abstract: In the wake of violent conflict, a key element of building a durable peace is building a state with the ability to collect and manage public resources. To implement peace accords and to provide public services, the government must be able to collect revenue, allocate resources, and manage expenditure in a manner that is regarded by its citizens as effective and equitable. In this new PERI Working Paper, Michael Carnahan of the Australian National University grapples with the impact of conflict on policy, administrative systems, and overall activity, as well as the impact of pressures from the international community. The author makes five specific recommendations, including a link between revenue collections and donor aid, a reassessment of U.N. policies, changes in tax policies for foreign workers and donors' contractors, and establishing urban land taxation systems. This study is part of a series on Public Finance in Post-Conflict Environments, published jointly by PERI and New York University's Center on International Cooperation. (Revised December 2007)

Keywords: Revenue mobilization; postconflict reconstruction; taxation; external assistance; tax exemptions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F53 H2 H87 K34 O19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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