Tariffs on imports protect domestic producers and raise public revenue. The World Development Report 1987 finds that effective rates of protection to manufacturing in developing countries typically exceed 40 percent; while the World Development Report 1988 estimates that the importance of import taxes in tax revenue is over 20 percent in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and in the Middle East and North Africa, compared to 2 percent in the industrial countries...
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INFORMACIÓN
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1990/08/31
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS490
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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The coordinated reform of tariffs and domestic indirect taxes
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sales tax