Britain's international aid effort should concentrate more on helping developing countries to ensure they collect their own taxes properly, MPs said today.
The Commons International Development Committee said that a reliable flow of tax revenues offered countries a far better route out of poverty than reliance on foreign aid.
It urged the Department for International Development to support the revenue authorities in developing nations to improve the collection rates of income tax, VAT and property taxes.
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