Revenue generation capacity in developing countries: Implications for physical and human capital development in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda

dc.creatorMwakalobo, A. B.
dc.date2020-03-23T12:21:56Z
dc.date2020-03-23T12:21:56Z
dc.date2015
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-27T10:55:31Z
dc.date.available2021-03-27T10:55:31Z
dc.descriptionFull Text Article. Also Available at https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/117609
dc.descriptionThis paper is an attempt to investigate the effects of tax revenue generation capacity on public spending in Sub-Saharan Africa drawing empirical lessons from three East African countries-Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. It employs the co-integration and error-correction modeling framework to analyze the effects of erratic and inadequate revenue generation on physical and human capital development in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda using time-series data over the period 1970-2005.The results unambiguously demonstrate that changes in tax revenue have strong impacts on physical and human capital development spending in the three countries. The policy lessons that can be drawn from the findings of this paper is that the three countries should strike a balance of the composition of government expenditure; reprioritize public expenditure into productive spending and strive to generate sufficient tax revenue to finance budget expenditures on physical and human capital development in order to reduce poverty and promote long-run economic development.
dc.identifierMwakalobo, A. B. (2015). Revenue generation capacity in developing countries: Implications for physical and human capital development in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. African Journal of Economic Review, 3(1), 21-38.
dc.identifierhttps://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/117609
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2307
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2307
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Economic Review
dc.subjectTax
dc.subjectTax revenue generation
dc.subjectPhysical infrastructure
dc.subjectHuman capital
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectKenya
dc.subjectUganda
dc.subjectDeveloping countries
dc.subjectPublic spending
dc.subjectTax revenue
dc.subjectRevenue
dc.titleRevenue generation capacity in developing countries: Implications for physical and human capital development in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda
dc.typeArticle

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