Long seen as artificial barriers inherited from decolonisation, West African borders now lie at the heart of policies designed to encourage regional trade and combat political instability. This rediscovery of the peripheries of the nation state has fostered a proliferation of institutional...

Dilemmas of tax policy in a globalized economy -- Global planners and strategic players -- The tax treaties myth -- Costs of multilateral cooperation -- Cooperation and its discontents -- International tax and global justice -- Perfecting the international tax market

This study takes stock of the institutional setting, operational modalities, strengths and weaknesses of various forms of mutual recognition when used in different sector and country contexts. It aims to build a greater understanding of the benefits and pitfalls of one of the 11 mechanisms of...