Tax Coordination, Tax Competition, and Revenue Mobilization in the West African Economic and Monetary Union /

We review the current state of the West African Economic and Monetary Union's tax coordination framework, against the main objectives of the WAEMU Treaty of 1994: reduce distortions to intra-community trade, and mobilize domestic tax revenue. The process of tax coordination in WAEMU is one of t...

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Main Author: Mansour, Mario
Other Authors: Rota Graziosi, Gregoire
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/163
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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