The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development

At a time when the development community is grappling with the challenge of raising the required investmentestimated in the trillions of dollarsfor attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), countries' mobilization of their own fiscal revenues is receiving increasing attention. This edited volume discusses the political and institutional contexts that enable poor countries to mobilize domestic resources for global commitments and national development priorities. It examines the processes and mechanisms that connect the politics of resource mobilization and demands for social provision; changes in state-citizen, state-business and donor-recipient relations associated with resource mobilization and allocation; and governance reforms that can lead to improved and sustainable public revenues and services.

The volume is unique in putting a spotlight on the political drivers of domestic resource mobilization in a rapidly changing global environment and in differentcountry contexts in Latin America, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. It will appeal to a broad academic audience in the fields of economics, development studies and social policy, as well as practitioners, activists and policy makers.

Reviews countries' mobilization of fiscal revenues as relevant in light of the SDGs Examines specific country contexts in the Global South Considers how domestic resources and politics connect with the delivery of social services for development

Autorentext

Katja Hujo is a Senior Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Switzerland.

Inhalt

1. The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development: An Introduction.- Part I: Domestic Resource Mobilization through the Lens of Aid, Taxation and Mineral Rents.- 2. Fiscal Capacity and Aid Allocation: Domestic Resource Mobilization and Foreign Aid in Developing Countries.- 3. Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can Foreign Aid Act as a Catalyst?.- 4. How Can Governments of Low-Income Countries Collect More Tax Revenue?.- 5. Colonial Legacies and Social Welfare Regimes in Africa: An Empirical Exercise..- 6. Democratic Deepening and State Capacity: Taxation in Brazil and India.- 7. Power and Politics: Taxation, Social, and Labour Market Policies in Argentina and Chile, 1990-2010.- 8. Sharing the Wealth: The Politics of Subnational Distribution of Natural Resource Revenues.- Part II: The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization: Case Studies.- 9. Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development in Bolivia (1985-2014): Protests, Hydrocarbons and a New State Project.- 10. The Political Economy of Domestic Resource Mobilization in Nicaragua: Changing State-Citizen Relations and Social Development.- 11. The Political Economy of Resource Mobilization for Social Development in Uganda.- 12. The Politics of Resource Bargaining, Social Relations and Institutional Development in Zimbabwe Since Independence.- 13. The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development Conclusions.