Comparative Series on Tax Administration

With few exceptions, tax administration bodies in the Asia-Pacific region face considerable challenges in ensuring compliance with tax laws and achieving government revenue-raising objectives. One way ADB can assist tax bodies in carrying out their mandate is through the provision of timely information concerning the frameworks, approaches, planned developments, and performance of tax bodies within the region, along with high level data assessment of their performance over time.

Improving Public Investment Efficiency through Public Investment Management Assessment

Public investment can be an important catalyst for economic growth, but the benefits of additional investment depend crucially on how it is managed. A significant share of the value of investment can be lost to inefficiencies in the public investment management processes. There is substantial scope for improving public investment efficiency across income groups, especially in low-income countries.