Effective local government taxation is critical to achieving the governance benefits widely attributed to decentralization, but in practice successful tax reform has been rare because of entrenched political resistance. This article, co-authored by Samuel S. Jibao and the Munk School’s Wilson Prichard, offers new insights into the political dynamics of property tax reform through a case study of Sierra Leone, focusing on variation in experiences and outcomes across the country’s four largest city councils.
Articles, Papers, and Reports Back to Research Articles Archive
May 28, 2015