VoxDev 69d ago

Argentina's 2017 tax reform demonstrates that even well-designed, carefully negotiated fiscal reforms can fail to deliver results if they lack the political credibility needed to convince investors and firms that the changes will endure. In this week's episode of VoxDevTalks, Sebastián Galiani offers rare insight on what it takes to redesign a country's tax system under fiscal pressure, political constraints, and chronic economic volatility. Drawing on his experience as Argentina's Deputy Minister of Treasury, Galiani reflects on the logic of the reforms, the compromises required to pass them, and why credibility ultimately proved as important as technical design. Read the full show notes here: https://voxdev.org/topic/public-economics/sebastian-galiani-argentinas-2017-tax-reform