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  "title": "Current Challenges in Revenue Mobilization - Improving Tax Compliance",
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      "content": "- Publication title: Current Challenges in Revenue Mobilization - Improving Tax Compliance\n- Publication date: January 29, 2015\n- Summary: This paper addresses core challenges that all tax administrations face in dealing with noncompliance—which are now receiving renewed attention. Long a priority in developing countries, assuring strong compliance has acquired greater priority in countries facing intensified revenue needs, and is critical for fairness and statebuilding.\n- Subject: Revenue mobilization, Tax administration, Tax collection, Tax evasion\n- Format availability noted: Download PDF"
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      "content": "- Tax administrations worldwide face core challenges in dealing with noncompliance.\n- Ensuring strong compliance has long been a priority in developing countries.\n- Strong compliance has acquired greater priority in countries facing intensified revenue needs.\n- Compliance is critical for fairness and statebuilding."
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      "content": "- Priority areas emphasized:\n  - Strengthening tax administration capacity to address noncompliance.\n  - Responding to intensified revenue needs through improved compliance.\n  - Framing compliance efforts as central to fairness and statebuilding."
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    "Summary: This paper addresses core challenges that all tax administrations face in dealing with noncompliance—which are now receiving renewed attention. Long a priority in developing countries, assuring strong compliance has acquired greater priority in countries facing intensified revenue needs, and is critical for fairness and statebuilding.",
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    "Strong compliance has acquired greater priority in countries facing intensified revenue needs.",
    "Compliance is critical for fairness and statebuilding.",
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