Oil and aid revenue produce equal demands for accountability as taxes in Ghana and Uganda [Political Sciences]

Received wisdom argues that citizens more readily demand accountability from government for taxes than for nontax revenue from oil or foreign aid, giving rise to an important mechanism underlying the “resource curse,” which posits that nontax revenue causes citizen quiescence and hampers government accountability. However, in developing countries, obfuscation through...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Social Sciences Source Type: research