Why corporate tax collection is so low

One vital area of good governance in a country is its good taxation system. Bangladesh now stands at the bottom of tax revenue compared with the rest of the world. The total tax-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio is currently around 10.5 per cent compared to India's 16 per cent, Indonesia's...

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The choice of policy instruments

A policy instrument may be defined as a means under the control of the government to change the behaviour of the economy. Among the important and common policy instruments are fiscal, monetary, trade, industrial, health and education policies. The legislative power of governments enables them to impose direct controls with...

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The similarity of struggle

With the detention of former President Carles Puidgemont, the Catalan independence movement has taken another turn remarkably similar to Bangladesh's moment of truth. That he was detained crossing from Denmark to Germany is astonishing given the man is a European Union (EU) citizen, yet accused of sedition. Depending on which...

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