Tax policies in three of world’s largest emerging economies jeopardizing efforts to fight inequality

Press release from Addis Ababa:

New research comparing tax policies in Indonesia, South Africa and Brazil has revealed how national tax policies reinforce inequality, and how the broken international tax system is amplifying the problem. A new report ´Cross-country research on tax policy and inequality: A Comparative study of Indonesia, South Africa and Brazil’ produced by CSO networks International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID, Indonesia) and South African Network on Inequality (SANI, South Africa) shows clearly what tax policies are regressive and failing to deliver sufficient funding for good quality public services.
While Indonesia, South Africa and Brazil are developing countries with recent strong economic growth, this has been accompanied by severe inequality.