October 2009

Reforming tax polices and revenue mobilization promotes a fiscal responsibility: A study of East and West African states

The primary objective of this paper is to prepare a case study on tax policy reforms and its impact, with the specific objectives of examining the main tax reforms of Ethiopia; Kenya, Uganda and Ghana. It views tax policy from a variety view points, which focuses on broad based of tax revenues and  on  designing certain selected major taxes, This paper will cover the theory of fiscal responsibilities ...

Author(s): T. Ghirmai Kefela

October 2009

Malaysia’s policy towards its 1963 - 2008 territorial disputes

Malaysia has a number of territorial disputes such as Sipadan-Ligitan, Batu Puteh, Limbang and the Spratly Islands. So far, it had settled two of the disputes through the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that is Sipadan-Ligitan and Batu Puteh Islands. Other disputes remain outstanding and/or unsettled that is the Spratly Islands and Limbang. This paper provides an overview of the disputes and Malaysia’s...

Author(s): Asri Salleh, Che Hamdan Che Mohd Razali and Kamaruzaman Jusoff