Taxation and Development : Lessons from Colombian Experience

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- One. Public Finance and Economic Development -- 1. Public Finance and Development in Colombia -- 2. The Developmental Task of Tax Policy -- Two. Tax Structure Reform -- 3. Growth, Equity, and the Income Tax -- 4. Taxation and the Allocation of Resources -- 5. Local Government Finance -- Three. Taxing for Development -- 6. Taxing for Development -- Appendix A. The Accuracy of Fiscal Data -- Appendix Β. Coffee Tax Policy -- Appendix C. Report of the Commission on Tax Reform -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index