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The companies then sold the assets to major international investors for huge profits, depriving the DRC’s citizens of many hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
Schools and hospitals simply do not generate the kind of fast tax revenue and GDP growth needed to outperform political rivals.
But how will businesses earn any revenue from owning roads, bridges, and tunnels?
That change would raise revenue equal to about 1% of GDP, enough to pay for very substantial reductions in individual tax rates.
At most, the two types of groups might share operational insights and revenue from transnational criminal operations.
And, on the revenue side, the tax cuts that were enacted in 2001 were all extended into 2011-12, despite an expiry date of 2010; those who proposed the law never intended to allow it to expire.
Moreover, any increase in spending on infrastructure or any revenue loss from tax reform should be offset elsewhere.
In comparison, shale gas in the US has created an estimated 600,000 jobs that are generating about $100 billion in added GDP and almost $20 billion in public revenue.
Another quick gain could come from encouraging people to eat more plant-based foods, perhaps by taxing meat and using the revenue to subsidize more sustainable alternatives.
A rate of $7-$8 per ton would generate enough revenue to deliver on this promise, with the money flowing to countries with low per capita emissions.
Innovators and their investors are willing to bet big on these opportunities, because they know that the eventual reward in revenue from a global customer base will far exceed the initial investment.
Even with a significant increase in tax revenue, such a high basic income would have to be packaged with gradual reductions in some existing public spending – for example, on unemployment benefits, education, health, transportation, and housing – to be fiscally feasible.
Moreover, while oil-export revenue is booming, the neighborhood is in revolutionary flames.
As these projects come onstream, they will generate the revenue needed to repay loans.
In India, for example, the government lost as much as $30-40 billion of much-needed revenue when coveted band spectrum was sold through a rigged auction.
An iron-clad, real-time e-permitting system would provide a scalable, recurrent revenue stream for technology providers and system operators.
For example, the production of coffee – a coffee company’s only revenue stream – typically requires only 0.2% of the coffee plant.
Hugo Chavez's government faced a widespread opposition strike, whose intent was not only to demonstrate popular opposition, but also to starve the government of revenue.
Without revenue, such a government cannot pay the army or thugs who keep it in power.
The automatic exchange of financial information based on the OECD’s Common Reporting Standard has allowed governments to collect close to €85 billion ($99 billion) in additional tax revenue worldwide; this money can help fund better social policies.
In addition, a freeze on Libya’s financial assets abroad and exports of oil equipment cost the country an estimated $33 billion in revenue, exacerbating already high unemployment and inflation rates.
This convergence has less to do with regulatory thinking on bank size or function than with a common need to play to the political gallery and raise more tax revenue.
McDonald’s has adopted a so-called “30-40-50” approach, because ethnic minorities (not only Asian-Americans) represent 30% of its overall business; 40% of its revenue; and 50% of its business from customers under the age of 18.Chen claims that its strategy – called “Leading with ethnic insights” – shows the company’s commitment to the Asian-American consumer.
Yum Brands, for example, which owns KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, now receives 44% of its revenue from China.
But a recent study commissioned by The Economistfound that a carbon tax would increase both government revenue and economic output – primarily by replacing existing, inefficient energy subsidies.
The International Monetary Fund estimates that this form of value-added tax could bring in between 0.5 and one percentage point of GDP in revenue.
Another obvious step to consider is to phase out the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health plans, which would not only increase revenue, but also end the distorting effects of employer subsidization of health care.
Unless owners change their expectations, many contractors could lose revenue by moving to a more efficient, larger-scale system with fewer redundancies.
“We originally thought that it would be mostly about information,” says Brydon, “and that the free answers would erode the revenue opportunities.
But revenue and expenditure transparency alone is not enough to ensure good use of natural resources.
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