Research Summary 38. Autonomy or Organization? Reforms in the Ghanaian Internal Revenue Service.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2009
Country:
Ghana
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Governance and Conflict
Authors:
Ayee, J., Anuradha Joshi

Abstract

Autonomous Revenue Authorities (ARAs) have become a popular organisational reform to improve revenue collection in developing countries. This paper however argues that the strong performance of the Ghanaian ARA – the Internal Revenue Service – is the result not primarily of autonomy, but of more nuts and bolts reforms that could well be adopted under traditional tax administrations.

This is a two-page summary of a forthcoming IDS Working Paper.

Citation

Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies, 2 pp.

Research Summary 38. Autonomy or Organization? Reforms in the Ghanaian Internal Revenue Service.

Published 1 January 2009
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