| Resumen: |
A strong social contract is a precious resource in any country. Without it, citizens will be reluctant to pay their taxes resulting in governments being unable to collect the revenues they need to offer good quality public services to their citizens. Indeed, one of the main challenges facing countries across the Global South is low government revenues: in most, revenues are less than 20 per cent of GDP, similar to those of Europe prior to the Second World War when poverty, inequality and the Great Depression reigned, and fascism was able to flourish. |
