TY - BOOK ID - 142824462 TI - Taxation and gender equity : a comparative analysis of direct and indirect taxes in developing and developed countries AU - Grown, Caren. AU - Valodia, Imraan. AU - International Development Research Centre (Canada) PY - 2010 SN - 0415779944 1136980245 1282806343 9786612806346 1552504697 1136980253 1282639625 9786612639623 0203852958 PB - New York, NY : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Taxation KW - Fiscal policy KW - Women KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142824462 AB - Around the world, there are concerns that many tax codes are biased against women, and that contemporary tax reforms tend to increase the incidence of taxation on the poorest women while failing to generate enough revenue to fund the programs needed to improve these women's lives. Because taxes are the key source of revenue governments themselves raise, understanding the nature and composition of taxation and current tax reform efforts is key to reducing poverty, providing sufficient revenue for public expenditure, and achieving social justice. This is the first book to system ER -