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Revenues, State Formation, and the Quality of Governance in Developing Countries by Moore, Mick

“…Sources of state revenue have a major impact on patterns of state formation. This proposition from fiscal sociology is valid and convincing in the context of…”
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Tax obsessions: Taxpayer registration and the “informal sector” in sub‐Saharan Africa by Moore, Mick

“…Summary Motivation There are three puzzling features of sub‐Saharan African tax systems: tax administrations maintain records on vast numbers of small…”
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In Memoriam: Professor Michael Lipton by Moore, Mick

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Revenue Reform and Statebuilding in Anglophone Africa by Moore, Mick

“…Although increasingly justified in terms of statebuilding, recent tax reforms in anglophone Africa contributed only modestly to that goal. They have produced…”
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Revenue-Maximising or Revenue-Sacrificing Government? Property Tax in Pakistan by Piracha, Mujtaba, Moore, Mick

“…The idea that states seek to maximise their revenue collection has occupied a significant place in contemporary political economy analysis of taxation, and has…”
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CÓMO AFECTA LA TRIBUTACIÓN A LA CALIDAD DE LA GOBERNACIÓN? by Moore, Mick

“…Este artículo resume las consecuencias que tiene para la política económica el debate creciente acerca de las relaciones entre la tributación y la calidad de…”
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Globalisation and Power in Weak States by Moore, Mick

“…Both academic literature and popular ideas focus on the ways in which globalisation might be leading to convergence in the ways in which societies are…”
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Political Underdevelopment: What causes 'bad governance' by Moore, Mick

“…The states of the 'South', although diverse, tend to be underdeveloped in the political sense: neither authoritative and effective nor legitimate and…”
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On Kinship Structure, Female Autonomy, and Demographic Behavior in India by Dyson, Tim, Moore, Mick

“…The main states of India are broadly grouped into two demographic regimes. In contrast to states in the north, southern states are characterized by lower…”
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Institutionalised Co-production: Unorthodox Public Service Delivery in Challenging Environments by Joshi, Anuradha, Moore, Mick

“…In developing countries in particular, services are often delivered through unorthodox organisational arrangements that cannot simply be dismissed as relics of…”
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Imperfect Union: Representation and Taxation in Multilevel Governments. By Christopher R. Berry. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 272p. $88.99 cloth, $27.99 paper by Moore, Mick

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Cómo afecta la tributación a la calidad de la gobernación? by Moore, Mick

“…Este artículo resume las consecuencias que tiene para la política económica el debate creciente acerca de las relaciones entre la tributación y la calidad de…”
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Políticas y pobreza: Trabajo de preparación para el Reporte de Desarrollo Mundial 2000/1 by Moore, Mick, Putzel, James

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Empowerment at last? by Moore, Mick

“…The World Bank and other international development agencies have declared empowerment to be central to their anti‐poverty programmes. They are vague over…”
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Revenue authorities and public authority in sub-Saharan Africa by Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge, Moore, Mick

“…Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have established semi-autonomous revenue authorities (ARAs), organisationally distinct from…”
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The politics and bureaucratics of rural public works: Maharashtra's employment guaranteed scheme by Moore, Mick, Jadhav, Vishal

“…The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme stands out among rural public works programmes in developing countries for its size, longevity, the generosity of…”
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Britain's New White Paper: Making Governance Work for the Poor by Moore, Mick, Unsworth, Sue

“…Books reviewed in this article: Eliminating World Poverty: Making Governance Work for the Poor – A White Paper on International Development. By the Secretary…”
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Proliferation and fragmentation: Transactions costs and the value of aid by Acharya, Arnab, de Lima, Ana Teresa Fuzzo, Moore, Mick

“…The problem of the proliferation of the number of aid donors and aid channels continues to worsen. It is widely and plausibly believed that this significantly…”
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Ambiguous Institutions: Traditional Governance and Local Democracy in Rural South India by Ananth Pur, Kripa, Moore, Mick

“…In India, 'customary village councils' are generally believed to be disappearing vestiges of a pre-democratic, hierarchical socio-political order. However,…”
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Societies, polities and capitalists in developing countries: A literature survey by Moore, Mick

“…This survey critically examines the development studies literature dealing with the connections between social structure, politics and the emergence or…”
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