Taxation has been seen as the domain
of charisma-free accountants, lawyers and number crunchers - an unlikely place
to encounter big societal questions about democracy, equity or good governance.
Yet it is exactly these issues that pervade conversations about taxation among
policymakers, tax collectors, civil society activists, journalists and foreign aid
donors in Africa today. Tax has become viewed as central to African
development.





Written by leading international
experts, Taxing Africa offers a cutting-edge analysis on all
aspects of the continent's tax regime, displaying the crucial role such
arrangements have on attempts to create social justice and push economic
advancement. From tax evasion by multinational corporations and African elites
to how ordinary people navigate complex webs of `informal' local taxation, the
book examines the potential for reform, and how space might be created for enabling
locally-led strategies.