The purpose of the Task Force is not to resolve the issues or tell countries what they should do, but to ensure that countries have access to a comprehensive catalogue of the theory and evidence that underlies each central issue. The participants in this initiative are not being asked to try to arrive at a consensus concerning what should be done, but only a consensus that the major issues have been comprehensively and fairly laid out. Ultimately, the Task force will publish a book written for policymakers in developing countries on alternatives in tax policy.
Our second meeting held at Columbia University in March 2005, provided a forum for tax practitioners from Brazil, Argentina, India, Korea, Peru, Pakistan, Ecuador, and Poland to discuss tax reform with top academics. Task force members presented a model for examining the impact of reforms undertaken by developing countries, and explored the ways this model could be used to better understand tax policy in each country. The task force is currently in the process of commissioning papers to be written jointly by academics and practitioners.
Partners
- United Nations Development Program
New York City, New York, United States
Particpants:
- Roberto Baquerizo
Task Force Member
Managing Director
Pro Ventures, Inc - Raymundo Campos Vazquez
Task Force Member
Doctoral Candidate, Economics
University of California, Berkeley - Oscar Cetrangolo
Task Force Member
CEPAL-Naciones Unidas
CEPAL – Argentina - Nada Eissa
Task Force Member
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Georgetown University - Shahe Emran
Task Force Member
Assistant Professor
George Washington University - Roger Gordon
Task Force Chair
Professor of Economics
University of California, San Diego - Antoine Heuty
Task Force Member
Public Finance Economist
UNDP - Haizhou Huang
Task Force Member
Senior Economist, Research Department
International Monetary Fund - Joosung Jun
Task Force Member
Professor, Department of Economics
Ewha University, South Korea
- Michael Keen
Task Force Member
Head, Tax Policy Division
International Monetary Fund - Wojciech Kopczuk
Task Force Member
Asisstant Professor, Economics
Columbia University - Sergei Koulayev
Task Force Member
Visiting Assistant Professor
Boston College, Boston University - Beatriz Merino
Task Force Member
Public Sector Senior Specialist
Latin American & the Caribbean, The World Bank - David Newbery
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics
Cambridge University - Akbar Noman
Task Force Member
Senior Policy Fellow
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Omar Noman
Task Force Member
Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary General, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Development Programme - Rohini Pande
Task Force Member
Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University - Hafiz Pasha
Task Force Chair
Professor, Dean of the Department of Economics
Beaconhouse National University
- Indira Rajaraman
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India - Govinda M. Rao
Task Force Member
Director
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India - Elsa Romo-Leroux de Mena
Task Force Member
Director
Internal Revenue Service
Government of Ecuador - Rathin Roy
Task Force Member
Public Resource Management Advisor
UNDP Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy - Emmanuel Saez
Task Force Member
Professor
Berkeley, University of California - Joseph Stiglitz
Task Force Member
President
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Vito Tanzi
Task Force Member
Consultant, Fiscal aspects of trade liberalization
Inter-American Development Bank