Presents results from original research on the gender equity dimension of taxation from eight country studies. This book demonstrates fresh methodologies in evaluating the gender impacts of taxation, and makes recommendations for tax policies and reform in developing and developed countries

Tax “justice” has become an increasingly central issue of political debate in many countries, particularly following the cardiac arrest of global financial services in 2008 and the subsequent worldwide slump in trade and production. The evident abuse of tax systems by corporations and rich...