Author : Prosper Bazaanah
Publisher : Prosper Bazaanah
ISBN 13 : 3659404713
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (594 download)
Book Synopsis Decentralisation, Revenue Mobilization and Development in Ghana by : Prosper Bazaanah
Download or read book Decentralisation, Revenue Mobilization and Development in Ghana written by Prosper Bazaanah and published by Prosper Bazaanah. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines Ghana's policy and practice of fiscal decentralization and explores opportunities for generating resources locally to promote development. Gomoa West District, a sub-national government structure of the Central Region was used as the social laboratory. The book shows that some of the districts, especially rural districts are financially under-resourced and therefore overly depend on central government transfers which is often erratic and fraught with management problems. Opportunities exist in such districts to expanding tax coverage and generating revenue locally. However, some of the districts are faced with problems of revenue administration including logistical challenges, human resources, low motivation and revenue leakages. Concerted efforts are needed in area of tax administration, capacity building, law enforcement and review of indicators in the formula for allocating the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) to the districts in Ghana. The book indicates that such review should be pro-poor based and geared towards addressing development gaps among the districts in Ghana, particularly, development of resource-poor districts.