Tax Task Force Meeting, New York City 2004
December 2, 2004
Columbia University New York City, New York, United States
Partners
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United Nations Development Program
New York City, New York, United States
In November 2004, the Tax Task Force convened for the first time with the support of the UNDP. At the meeting, expert practitioners and academics explored why tax policy in developing countries varies so greatly from policies in wealthy countries and from theoretical predictions. Participants compared the experiences of Brazil, Pakistan, and India. These case studies led to discussions on how information technology, tax administration, and corruption affect tax policy. The task force outlined a list of other countries to review and a plan for augmenting existing literature on tax policy and administration in the developing world. The next meeting, scheduled for March 2005 in Cancun, Mexico, will bring together tax specialists from a range of emerging market countries.
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Robin Boadway
Task Force Member
Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Economic Theory
Department of Economics, Queen's University
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Oscar Cetrangolo
Task Force Member
CEPAL-Naciones Unidas
CEPAL - Argentina
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Shahe Emran
Task Force Member
Assistant Professor
George Washington University
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Roger Gordon
Task Force Chair
Professor of Economics
University of California, San Diego
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Sergei Koulayev
Task Force Member
Visiting Assistant Professor
Boston College, Boston University
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Jack Mintz
Task Force Member
President and Chief Executive Officer, C.D. Howe Institute and Professor of Economics
University of Toronto and CD Howe Institute
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Akbar Noman
Task Force Member
Senior Policy Fellow
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)
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Omar Noman
Task Force Member
Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary General, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Development Programme
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Hafiz Pasha
Task Force Chair
Professor, Dean of the Department of Economics
Beaconhouse National University
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Govinda M. Rao
Task Force Chair
Director
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India
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Sarah Renner
Task Force Member
Poverty Reduction Network Facilitator
UNDP Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy
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Rathin Roy
Task Force Member
Public Resource Management Advisor
UNDP Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy
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Eytan Sheshinski
Task Force Member
Professor
Department of Economics
Hebrew University
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Joel Slemrod
Task Force Member
Director
Office of Tax Policy Research
University of Michigan Business School