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- Hårsmar, Mats
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Inclusiveness and sustainable growth
- 2013
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Ingår i: Annual Report : 2012: Development Dilemmas. - Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. - 1104-5256. ; 2012, s. 29-32
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Hårsmar, Mats
(författare)
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Kenya – Policies for Prosperity
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of International Development.
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Hårsmar, Mats
(författare)
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More Tax, Better Governments
- 2010
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- It has been argued that aid donors should focus more on supporting low-income countries to broaden their tax base and raise overall taxation. Besides increasing revenue, this has also a political objective. When citizens are taxed without excessive coercion, taxation can contribute considerably to improved governance and accountability, and to state building. Due to the effects of the financial crisis, calls for increased mobilisation of domestic resources are now being renewed. But is broadened taxation a viable strategy? Some signs of progress are visible in sub-Saharan Africa. However, governments and donors need to see taxation as part of the broader framework of social contracts and not to lose sight of the bigger picture.
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- Hårsmar, Mats, 1961-
(författare)
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Understanding poverty in Africa? : A navigation through disputed concepts, data and terrains
- 2010
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In any international comparison, sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the most pervasive poverty. The study of African societies requires the study of numerous dynamics, processes and situations with links to poverty issues. Recent methodological innovations hold that research into poverty should be multidimensional, dynamic and cross-disciplinary. But how can such research be undertaken? This volume comprises two separate articles. The first provides an overview of major conceptual positions on poverty. With the focus on theoretical and methodological issues, it argues that the epistemological and normative elements have not been sufficiently emphasised in the attempts to bring different disciplinary approaches together. Such elements constitute fundamental dividing lines in the poverty debate. However, the article goes on to argue that the capability approach has promising potential for bridging these divides.The second article is an empirical study of recent poverty developments in Tanzania and Burkina Faso. Common to both countries – one in East and the other in West Africa – is that a largely subsistence agricultural sector dominates their economies. The article combines quantitative and qualitative methods to show that regional differences in the structures of agricultural production may in large part explain variations in poverty.
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- Hårsmar, Mats
(författare)
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Why is agriculture so important to reducing poverty?
- 2010
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Over the last few years, there has been both talk about and action regarding the long-term neglect of agriculture in development. An agricultural revival has occurred, with African governments committing themselves to spending at least 10 per cent of their budgets on agriculture. Donors such as the World Bank and many bilateral organizations are refocusing on the sector. This is partly due to the prevalence of rural poverty in sub-Saharan Africa as well as in South Asia. Despite this, the debate on the appropriate role of agriculture in economic growth lingers on among academics and policymakers. In particular, agriculture’s contribution to broader economic growth is questioned. Should growth be driven by agriculture or by something else? Recent empirical studies and earlier theoretical work demonstrate that growth in the agricultural sector has contributed more to poverty reduction than growth in non-agricultural sectors. This paper discusses this issue and highlights some of the preconditions for the achievement of this outcome.
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